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Tosca (1991)
Hungarian State Orchestra, Jose Carreras, Eva Marton, Juan Pons, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Lead Performances: Hungarian State Orchestra, Jose Carreras, Eva Marton, Juan Pons and Michael Tilson Thomas; Genre: Classical
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A nice try here, but no cigar. Éva Marton is too icy and unfocused, José Carreras too weak, and Juan Pons a toneless disaster. Best of the lot is Michael Tilson Thomas, who conducts this Tosca suavely but a little too dispassionately for this mighty melodrama. Stick with the classic Leontyne Price-Giuseppe di Stefano-Herbert von Karajan version, still available on London. C-
Posted Feb 01, 1991
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