Review by Carlo Montanero – Puccini: Tosca

If you compare the matching with the perfect outfit for the corresponding occasion, “Tosca” by Spinto singer Melody Moore looks very good: nice basic material with soft velvet edges and balanced colors. There is nothing wrong with a new recording of a piece that is popular with artists and audiences alike. Romanian tenor Stefan Pope also shows his merits in Milos in the somewhat more dramatic role of the painter Cavaradossi. As the sadistic Scarpia, Lester Lynch subverts the police chief's expectations with sharp statements and develops a deceptive potential for menace. The automated atmosphere is appropriate. Carlo Montanaro conducts himself lyrically and culinaryally when conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. All the supporting roles, even the shepherd, who has the voice of the Lean girl Miray Yüksel, are helpfully cast.

Puccini: Tosca

Melody Moore (Tosca), Stefan Popp (Cavaradossi), Lester Lynch (Scarpia), Keefe Short (Angelotti), Children's Choir of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rundfunkur Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfoneurorchester Berlin, Carlo Montanero (conductor)
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Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB) was heard on the radio for the first time in 1923, making it one of the oldest radio orchestras in Germany. Later it became the East German Radio Symphony Orchestra, and since 1994 it has been part of the RIAS Chamber Choir, the Radio Choir…

Berlin Radio Choir

Rundfunkchor Berlin is a mixed choral ensemble with an international reputation. The Berlin Funkchor's founding year is given as 1925, and since then the choir has been renamed several times. The first name was changed in 1933 to Chor… Continue