Live from the Easter Festival: Simon Rattle conducts “Tosca”
In Puccini’s Tosca, moments of love and intimacy alternate with jealousy, hatred and sadistic brutality at a breathtaking pace. Puccini characterises this wide range of emotions with a musical language that is both beautiful and has psychological depth. In 2017, Simon Rattle conducted the work to great applause at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. The principal roles were sung by Kristine Opolais, Marcelo Álvarez and Marco Vratogna.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle
Kristine Opolais
Marcelo Álvarez
Marco Vratogna
© 2017 EuroArts Music International
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