Puccini: Tosca

Zeffirelli’s special brand of phoney realism goes down well with the Met audience, which applauds the sets. But there’s a lack of real dramatic fibre from Behrens and MacNeil.

Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:53 pm

COMPOSERS: Puccini
LABELS: Pioneer Classics
PERFORMER: Behrens, Domingo; MetropolitanOpera/Sinopoli; dir. Zeffirelli

Zeffirelli’s special brand of phoney realism goes down well with the Met audience, which applauds the sets. But there’s a lack of real dramatic fibre from Behrens and MacNeil.

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