Tosca by Puccini, De (2022/2023), Dirigido por Robert Carsen,, Director Gianandrea Noseda, Opernhaus, Zúrich, Suiza

This revival performance series of Puccini’s operatic thrill Tosca is notable for the stars it brings together on the stage. First, it marks Jonas Kaufmann’s return to the Opernhaus Zürich. Kaufmann not only began his international career here, but Zurich was the site of many significant milestones in his professional career. He’s brought numerous characters to life here, including Cavaradossi in Robert Carsen’s production of Tosca. Now he returns to the city on the Limmat for three performances. Appearing with him is a singer just as thrilling: American soprano Sondra Radvanonsky, who will bow at Kaufmann’s side as Floria Tosca. Radvanonsky is a singer at home in all of the great opera houses of the world, the Metropolitan Opera in New York first among them. And none other than Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel, who’s won the hearts of Zurich audiences many times over as the Dutchman, Falstaff, and Sweeney Todd, plays the sinister Baron Scarpia. Azerbaijani tenor Yusif Eyvazov, who alternates with Kaufmann as Cavaradossi, rounds out this dazzling cast. And with a cast of this caliber, there’s no one better to conduct than General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, who will lead the Philharmonia Zürich.