Does anybody see a pattern here? Glittering operatic reputations have been broken this way. Gheorghiu has been blackballed by Chicago’s Lyric Opera for not attending rehearsals. At least she made it through the first act of “Tosca” this time, before becoming ill and leaving the house. Six weeks ago, this writer, on a first-ever foray to Milan’s La Scala, eagerly anticipated her Mimi - only to have her be a no-show. I mean the one who didn’t come back after Act I.Īngela Gheorghiu, the famed Romanian diva who enchanted San Francisco audiences in 2007’s “La Rondine” (also Puccini) and again as the composer’s Mimi in “La Bohème” the following year, has been amassing something of a diva’s reputation ever since. The most exciting thing about opening night of San Francisco Opera’s “Tosca” was the soprano. San Francisco Opera, War Memorial Opera House Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (after the play by Victorien Sardou) Photo by Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera But Scarpia's meanness knows no bounds and before the day is out, all life will be extinguished.Melody Moore (above) stepped into the title role of San Francisco Opera’s “Tosca” on opening night whenĪngela Gheorghiu became indisposed after Act I. If she yields to him, she is promised his life under the guise of a false execution. When the embittered Baron catches up with him he falls for Tosca, much to her anger, and tortures her lover in front of him. Whilst the merciless Baron Scarpia is rounding up rebels and jailing them, Tosca rehearses in a church before meeting her lover Cavaradossi and his fugitive friend Angelotti. Under the cloud of rebellion on all sides, Rome is in the middle of a tumultuous change as the Royalist regime is winning over the Republic. Dramatic and bursting with romance and tragedy, the story of the opera singer and her unwavering morality is one of the most enjoyed the world over. Intrigue and betrayal abound in this epic new production of Puccini's tragic tale of the ill-fated singer, who's lover's political leanings find her in a web of misfortune and murder that ultimately leads to the downfall of all involved.
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