The power of Tosca – Christian Badea talks about his lifelong friendship with the Roman woman

The power of Tosca – Christian Badea talks about his lifelong friendship with the Roman woman

Christian Badea chuckles as he confesses that he has known Tosca all his life. The Romanian born US based conductor is in Sydney again for Opera Australia, rehearsing John Bell’s production of the Puccini opera which opens here in early July. Just last year, the graduate of the Juilliard School, Grammy Award winning conductor and past- director…

Opera Australia Insights into… ‘Tosca’

Opera Australia Insights into… ‘Tosca’

Preview Opera Australia’s new production of Puccini’s Tosca, directed by John Bell. ‘Tosca is the drama of Tosca, Scarpia and Cavaradossi, and you need three excellent singing actors to bring that drama to life”, says Lyndon Terracini, Artistic Director of Opera Australia. ” John Bell, with his long history as a theatre director is ideal for such…