“The Philadelphia Orchestra will be back in 2019 to showcase Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ as Bravo! Vail Music Festival’s debut opera production,” writes David Salazar in Thursday’s (7/12) Operawire. “Performances are set for July 11 and 13, 2019 at the outdoor Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. The announcement was made by Bravo! Vail’s Music Festival’s Artistic Director Anne-Marie McDermott during a concert by the ensemble, as led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Nézet-Séguin will conduct …. The production [directed by James Alexander] will be set in the 1800s and the … cast … will be revealed at a later date…. Nézet-Séguin is coming off a run of performances of the Puccini opera with the Philadelphia Orchestra alongside such stars as Jennifer Rowley, Ambrogio Maestri, and Yusif Eyvazov…. ‘Tosca’ was a truly special highlight of our past season in Philadelphia, and it brings me great joy to take this grand opera on the road for our 2019 Bravo! Vail residency,’ said Yannick Nézet-Séguin.”
Posted July 18, 2018
