Puccini: Tosca

The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Carlo Montanaro present a powerful interpretation of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, along with soloists Melody Moore (Tosca), Ștefan Pop (Cavaradossi) and Lester Lynch (Scarpia). Tosca has been an audience favorite from the beginning. With its premiere in 1900, it marked the beginning of 20th-century opera, exploring sex, violence, and the uncanny depths of the human psyche, inspiring composers to expand the means of musical expression in every conceivable way. To this day, Tosca has lost little of its expressive power, and Puccini's complex score deserves to be taken seriously. Its symphonic qualities are on full display through the inspired playing of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the baton of seasoned maestro Carlo Montanaro. Melody Moore, Ștefan Pop and Lester Lynch bring the passionate, electrifying score to life with stunning performances. Kevin Short (Angelotti), Alexander Köpeczi (Un Sagrestano), Colin Judson (Spoletta), Georg Streuber (Sciarrone), Axel Scheidig (Un Carceriere) and Lean Miray Yüksel (Un Pastore) complete the superb cast. The members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin enrich the recording with their wonderful choral sound, culminating in the famous Te Deum.