An eye-popping affair.(Tosca)(Theater review)

From: Variety | Date: August 6, 2007| Author: Lash, Larry L. | Copyright information

TOSCA

(BREGENZ FESTIVAL, SEEBUHNE; 7,000 SEATS; 125 [euro] ($172) TOP)

BREGENZ, Austria A Bregenzer Festspiele presentation of an opera in three acts with music by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on the play by Victorien Sardou. Directed by Philipp Himmelmann. Conductor, Ulf Schirmer. Sets, Johannes Leiacker; costumes, Jorge Jara; lighting, Davy Cunningham; sound, Wolfgang Fritz; video design, Evita Galanou, Ueli Nuesch, T...

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