Tosca UK Xmas TV

Tosca from The Royal Opera House on the BBC

Just can't begin to say just how excited I am at this!
(my review of the cinema screening of this production here
http://annez-reflectionz.blogspot.com/2011/11/tosca-roh-production-in-cinema.html )

Angela Gheoghiu (Tosca) Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi)

If you haven't already caught this amazing production of Tosca starring Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel and Jonas Kaufmann, and if not why not, lol, it's been on at The Royal Opera House (July this year) and screened in cinemas (November this year) around the country - and the world - and now here on British TV - yes the BBC - it's your chance to see this spectacular, best-ever production of this opera, you lucky, lucky people!

Angela Gheorghiu as Tosca

Jonas Kaufmann as Cavaradossi

Bryn Terfel as Scarpia

It's on BBC2 and the BBC HD channel - on Xmas Eve in the afternoon at 2.35pm, and is preceeded by a documentary by conductor Antonio Pappano at 1.35pm - Pappano's Essential Tosca - and goes behind the scenes of the production that follows it examining the music and the drama of Tosca - sounds fascinating - having seen his series on Italian Opera I can't wait! And having seen this production of Tosca at the cinema am just bowled over at the opportunity of seeing it again, all three stars put on incredible, breathtaking performances, it was just out of this world. Don't miss it!!!

I have only been watching opera for a relatively short time - just over a year now - but in that time, believe me, I have watched a lot of operas, and this production  is without doubt one of the very best I have ever seen, has to at least be in the top three, if not the very best , it's vying with the Met Live in HD production I saw early this year of Il Trovatore starring Dmitri Hvorostovsky at Count di Luna, which was simply breathtaking for his portrayal of the Count - as was this for Jonas Kaufman's portrayal of Cavaradossi and Bryn Terfel as Scarpia - jaw-dropping performances!

ENJOY!!




For those of you not in UK and who have not caught this production yet I do sincerely hope that at some time in the very near future you get a chance to see this.