It was a little difficult to watch, not only because it is hard to imagine being that close to people inside without masks after all these months, but also because live performance seems so remote at this point and I, for one, sure do miss it. This recording includes a lot of shots of the audience in the War Memorial Opera House. Adrianne Pieczonka is a creamy-voiced and powerful Tosca. Tenor Carlo Ventre is an appealing Cavaradossi, he seems less delicate in the filmed version of this performance but the reedy quality of his voice is apparent. Lado Ataneli is quite an evil Scarpia, his voice has a nice heft to it. The orchestra, conducted by Marco Armiliato, sounded vivid. The 2009 performance is not the latest production, but the previous one from 1997 for the War Memorial's reopening. San Francisco Opera presented Tosca (Adrianne Pieczonka in the title role and Lado Ataneli as Scarpia, photograph by Cory Weaver) at Fort Mason Flix last weekend.
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