18 Jul 2011
Tosca, Royal Opera House/La Rondine, Opera Holland Park
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8645993/Tosca-Royal-Opera-HouseLa-Rondine-Opera-Holland-Park-review.html
https://boydellandbrewer.com/bizet-s-i-carmen-i-uncovered.html
https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-operas-of-sergei-prokofiev.html
https://www.wexfordopera.com/media/news/incoming-artistic-director-rosetta-cucchi-announces-her-2020-programme
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http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=809636
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https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-operas-of-benjamin-britten.html
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-opera-singers-acting-toolkit-9781350006454/
https://h-france.net/vol18reviews/vol18no52palidda.pdf
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2018/08/glyndebourne_an.php
A musical challenge to our view of the past
https://vimeo.com/operarara/how-to-rescue-an-opera
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8645993/Tosca-Royal-Opera-HouseLa-Rondine-Opera-Holland-Park-review.html
By Rupert Christiansen [Daily Telegraph, 18 July 2011]
Bitter experience suggests that star-studded and tremendously expensive opera productions sponsored by luxury brands turn out to be sad artistic disappointments, and I had a cynical feeling that this Rolex-cushioned Royal Opera revival of Tosca would turn out to be a dud.