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Opera: The critical list

Hugh Canning
The Sunday Times
Hugh Canning
The Sunday Times

Tosca
Alternating casts in Jonathan Kent’s new Royal Opera production of Puccini’s potboiler: Angela Gheorghiu and Catherine Naglestad as the diva, Marcelo Alvarez and Nicola Rossi Giordano as Cavaradossi, and Bryn Terfel and Samuel Ramey as Scarpia. Antonio Pappano conducts.
ROH, WC2, Tue, Fri (Cast A), Thu (Cast B)

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Judith Weir’s eerie tale — based on Ludwig Tieck’s novella — gets a rare new production by John Fulljames, with Owen Gilhooly in the title role and Heather Shipp as Berthe. Patrick Bailey conducts.
Opera Group, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, tonight