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Tosca review – ENO’s new staging abandons Puccini’s realism for baffling and near-constant violence

The GuardianTosca review – ENO’s new staging abandons Puccini’s realism for baffling and near-constant violence
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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…

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