[Met Performance] CID:173850



Tosca
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, January 23, 1957




Tosca (353)
Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica/Giuseppe Giacosa
Tosca
Delia Rigal

Cavaradossi
Jan Peerce

Scarpia
Martial Singher

Sacristan
Salvatore Baccaloni

Spoletta
Paul Franke

Angelotti
Clifford Harvuot

Sciarrone
Osie Hawkins

Shepherd
George Keith

Jailer
Calvin Marsh


Conductor
Dimitri Mitropoulos







Review 1:

Review signed W. L. In Musical America

Martial Singher made his first appearance at the Metropolitan in the role of Scarpia at the season's sixth "Tosca". Another debut was Osie Hawkins' Sciarrone, agreeably sung.

The suave and sinister aspects of the Baron's character were capably conveyed by Mr. Singher, especially in Act II, when his acting took on a cunning, animal-like intensity. Vocally, his performance was polished, even though his voice did not always have the depth and breadth for all that Puccini wrote into this exciting role.

Others in the cast, all heard earlier in the season, were Delia Rigal in the title role, Jan Peerce as Cavaradossi, Salvatore Baccaloni as the Sacristan, and Paul Franke, Calvin March and George Keith. Clifford Harvout was heard as Angelotti. Dimitri Mitropoulos conducted.



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