14 Jun 2006
London's New Old `Tosca' Has Mopey Gheorghiu, Stunning Terfel
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=adxLGvqqqHus&refer=culture
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=adxLGvqqqHus&refer=culture
By Warwick Thompson [Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2006]
June 14 (Bloomberg) -- ``If it ain't broke, don't fix it'' might be the moral of this story. After 42 years, the Royal Opera decided to ditch its traditional, much-loved production of Puccini's ``Tosca'' and replace it with a gleaming new one which opened Tuesday with Angela Gheorghiu singing the title role for the first time on stage. They needn't have bothered.