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Tosca review – ENO’s new staging abandons Puccini’s realism for baffling and near-constant violence
Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 10:48 AM
Coliseum, London Annilese Miskimmon’s new production of Puccini’s complex drama unmoors it from its church and state settings, but there are few gains, only losses in her radical reading. Christopher Purves’ brutish Scarpia, however, is terrific Four years since English National Opera unveiled its previous Tosca (a hyper-stylised affair directed by Christof Loy), the curtain goes up on another new production, this ti
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