| English Touring Opera - Tosca Reviews | 17 April 2024 |
Paula Sides (Tosca), Samuel Sakker (Cavaradossi)
Paula Sides (Tosca), Craig Smith (Scarpia)
Paula Sides (Tosca)
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ToscaEnglish Touring OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Every emotion is portrayed in a real, honest, and moving way |
 2 Jun 17 / The Reviews Hub |
ETO's Tosca conveys the inexorable progress to tragedy |
| 22 May 17 / The Opera Critic |
English Touring Opera’s Tosca captivates the audience at Cambridge Arts Theatre |
| 27 Apr 17 / Cambridge News |
Paula Sides was a convincing Tosca, a strong stage presence with a clear voice and delivery |
| 19 Apr 17 / Ipswich Star |
Paula Sides' singing was clear and confident |
| 13 Apr 17 / Express & Star |
Fast-paced, passionate and raw |
| 13 Apr 17 / The Birmingham Post |
Paula Sides’ Tosca is superb |
| 23 Mar 17 / The Reviews Hub |
ETO has chosen two works for its 2017 spring tour that it admits “have nothing in common, except they are very, very good” |
| 13 Mar 17 / Express |
The verticality and almost neo-classical severity of the stage calls to mind a Fascist architectural vision |
| 13 Mar 17 / A Younger Theatre |
An uneven new production of Puccini's popular shocker heads out round Britain |
| 13 Mar 17 / What's on Stage |
ETO has fielded many memorable productions, but this Tosca isn’t in that illustrious league |
| 11 Mar 17 / Classical Source |
ETO begin their Spring tour and bring Tosca to the Hackney Empire |
| 11 Mar 17 / Seen and Heard |
ETO's Tosca is promising but needs more punch |
| 8 Mar 17 / Telegraph |
ETO's uneven new staging comes alive in the pit |
| 7 Mar 17 / The Guardian |
A spirited production |
| 7 Mar 17 / The Stage |
A disappointing Tosca |
| 6 Mar 17 / Opera Today |
A bloodless Tosca from English Touring Opera |
| 6 Mar 17 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Mitchell/Sides, Edwards/Sakker, Smith/Slater, Connor, Hall, Stiff
(c) Rosewell (d) McIntyre
Performance dates
4, 9, 18, 21, 25, 30 March, 1, 8, 11, 13, 19, 22, 25, 28, 29 April, 2, 4, 5, 9, 13, 16, 18, 23, 26, 27, 29 May, 1, 2, 5, 7 June 2017
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