Watching linked videos is only available to logged-in DONORS
Become a donor for as little as 10 Swiss Francs (~ 12$) for website lifetime
and get AD-FREE too.
DONATE HERE
FULL Tosca Vienna 2016 Gheorghiu Kaufmann Terfel
Popular Singers in this Opera Recording
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Tosca
- Composer: Puccini Giacomo
- Libretto: Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
- Recorded: April 16 2016
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, Speedo Green, Alfred Sramek
- Conductor: Jesus Lopez Cobos
- Orchestra: Staatsopernorchester Wien
- Stage Director: Margaretha Wallmann
- Stage Designer: Nicola Benois
- Costume Designer:
This is the hilarious “non abbiamo il soprano” Tosca from Vienna. Jonas Kaufmann sang “e lucevan le stelle” so splendidly that a da capo was demanded. And Jonas sang the aria once more which is very unusual in Vienna as it is against the house rules. After finishing the aria a second time the duet with Tosca Angela Gheorghiu should have begun. But to Jonas and everyone surprise Tosca did not show up on stage. But Jonas started to sing anyway: “non abbiamo il soprano” ( we do not have the soprano). After some pause Angela Gheorghiu finally showed up and the performance continued.
Was it the bis which angered Angela Gheoghiu or ….? Nobody knows….
Grazie mille e di cuore, caro amico! Questa ‘e la nuova edizione Viennese dell’opera “Tosca”, a cura di Angela Gheorghiu…