Brilliant Tosca Opens New Palm Beach Opera Season
The highlight was soprano Anastasia Bartoli, who shined in a stellar cast and in an overall enthralling performance.
The highlight was soprano Anastasia Bartoli, who shined in a stellar cast and in an overall enthralling performance.
In addition to being Verdi’s last work, Falstaff has also been widely considered his least characteristic composition. Its memorable scenes and lively characters have allowed it to hold the stage ever since its 1893 premiere.
A step up from the very literal productions usually seen here, this co-production by Opéra de Monte-Carlo and San Francisco Opera removes the action from its usual eighteenth-century setting to the fateful year of 1914.
This is the Madama Butterfly we know and love—almost to the point of guilty pleasure.
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