Title: Tosca done badly.
Product review: Guleghina usually makes anything look good, but this time she had to suffer the worst sets and the worst stage direction I've ever seen in my life. The annoying skewed sets brought to mind a bad hangover, bent glasses, or my worst migraine. I found myself unable to ignore the tenor's exclusive attention to the promptor's box, and in spite of the nice voice and a passionatesituation,"Cavaradossi" never connected with "Tosca". (I longed for Tosca to sing "hey, I'm over here" while the prompter's box was being adored; learning one's role is a minimal requirement for praiseworthy performance, and even Pavorati was bad about that.) Finally, the last scene-a ridiculously long flight of stairs for Tosca to climb, with skirt hitched up and audience wondering if she would make it, to end the worst version of Tosca I've ever seen. Bummer.
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