Michael Tanner

Feel the passion

<strong>Tosca<br /> </strong><em>Royal Opera House</em> <strong>Idomeneo<br /> </strong><em>Barbican<br /> </em><br /> <strong>Carmen</strong><br /> <em>Bernie Grant Arts Centre</em>

issue 24 May 2008

Tosca

Royal Opera House

Idomeneo

Barbican


Carmen
Bernie Grant Arts Centre

The latest revival of Tosca at the Royal Opera, with many changes in production by Stephen Barlow, shows signs of taking the work seriously, though they are contradicted by the corporate- and bar-friendly intervals, of a length to dissipate tension and momentum.

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