Giacomo Puccini's 'Tosca' Astonishes Opera Lovers
Date
10/23/2022 5:07:54 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Laman Ismayilova
The Azerbaijani State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
continues to please the Baku audience with world-famous operas.
Giacomo Puccini's opera La Boheme has been staged at the
theater, Azernews reports.
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian
libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It was first
premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900.
The opera contains some of Puccini's best-known lyrical
arias.
Being one of the best works of opera classics, Tosca is still
very popular and is in the repertoire of the opera house. In Baku,
the production was received with great interest.
For the role of Tosca, the theater management invited the
leading soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine, the Honored
Artist of Ukraine, and laureate of international vocal competitions
Victoria Chenskaya. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Azar Rza performed
the role of Cavaradossi, and People's Artist Avaz Abdulla played
the part of Scarpia.
People's Artist of Azerbaijan Ali Asgarov, Honored Artists
Jahangir Gurbanov, Tural Agasiyev, soloists Mahir Taghizada, Rza
Xosrovzada, and others also performed on the stage.
The opera was conducted by the principal conductor of the
theatre, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Ayyub Guliyev.
The audience did not let the soloists and conductor leave the
stage for a long time, rewarding them with thunderous applause.
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