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• Event Name: Puccini's Tosca presented by Boston Lyric Opera
  Article: ‘Tosca’ dishes up drama, classic music
  Tufts Daily - Nov 10, 2010
  By Emma Bushnell

  "The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) has presented a production of "Tosca" that is delightful to watch. The small cast is made up of exceptionally strong...
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  "The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) has presented a production of "Tosca" that is delightful to watch. The small cast is made up of exceptionally strong singers whose clear and characteristic voices not only do justice to the music, but also add layers of nuance to the plot. Soprano Jill Gardner returns to BLO as the titular diva, Floria Tosca, and her commanding and full voice fits the bill of the jealous, fiery heroine. Her second act aria "Vissi d'arte," arguably the most famous to come out of the opera, was brilliantly sung, and Gardner ably conveyed all the emotions wrapped in the aria without overstepping the bounds of believability."
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• Event Name: Puccini's Tosca presented by Boston Lyric Opera
  Article: Tosca takes the stage
  The Hub Review - Nov 10, 2010
  By Tom Garvey

  "No wonder the crowd, clearly hungry for this kind of shot of pure operatic adrenaline, gave the cast a sustained standing ovation. A year or two...
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  "No wonder the crowd, clearly hungry for this kind of shot of pure operatic adrenaline, gave the cast a sustained standing ovation. A year or two ago, ...I began writing that Boston Lyric Opera had turned an artistic corner and would (or should) become the dominant force on the operatic scene... Now, after a series of productions as strong as Tosca, that seems to be the conventional wisdom."
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• Event Name: Puccini's Tosca presented by Boston Lyric Opera
  "Drama with Tosca in Boston Lyric Opera."
  Review posted by: Juki Pohjolainen from Helsinki, Finland, Nov 11, 2010
  

  Hi All, my name is Jukka Pohjolainen and I´m Head of Production of Savonlinna Opera Festival. I was watching First Night of Boston Lyric Operas Tosca Proruction on Friday the 5th of November and I... Expand

  Hi All, my name is Jukka Pohjolainen and I´m Head of Production of Savonlinna Opera Festival. I was watching First Night of Boston Lyric Operas Tosca Proruction on Friday the 5th of November and I have to say that it´s one of the best Toscas I ever have seen. It´s very good production and singers are exellent. It´s like a play. I was so happy on behalf of Opera art. I liked it very much. Thank you!!!! Collapse