Wednesday, December 16, 2009

'Tosca' redux

Just a quick reminder that The Metropolitan Opera production of "Tosca" that was seen in October in local movie theaters will open the fourth season of THIRTEEN's "Great Performances at The Met" at 9 tonight.

For those who have the time, I have blogged about this in two previous posts. For the bottom-liners of the world, I thought Swiss director Luc Bondy's cerebral production did the opera's fervent heroine no service, though the singing by Karita Matilla, Marcelo Álvarez and George Gagnidze was marvelous.

There is one aspect of Bondy's production that does work and that's the chilling freeze-frame ending. See what you think.

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