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Reviews
Tosca, Wiesbaden, Feb 09:
Hessisches Staatstheater: Puccini's Tosca with José Cura and Hui He:‘José Cura, the Argentine-born tenor whose star could not rise high enough for some fans a few years ago has recently been specializing in Gala performances like this one in Wiesbaden. In vocal terms, Cura proved to be a nearly perfect Puccini singer whose voice in piano suggests iridescent colors; in forte, a metal sound may be present. His aria in the third act (E lucevan le stelle) was a trace reserved, his vocal union with Mario de Rose, guest director of the Hessischen Staatsorchester, flawless.’ Axel Zibulski, Main-Rheiner, 23 Feb 09
Tosca, Vienna, Mar 09: 'Three artists with extraordinary stage instincts shaped this noble thriller in the 525th performance of this production. José Cura is the extraordinary man familiar in illustration and from the beginning he scores points as the revolutionary and the lover, especially when facing the firing squad at the execution command, recognizing it as the consequence of the perfidy of Scarpia he had understood for a long time. The fact he proved, in defiance of his critics, that his is a still a serious singer positively rounded off his achievement of the evening. With almost sinewy stretched phrases, concentration, and brilliance in the high notes, he sang the aria and the duet in the first act with the requisite fervor, with convincing despair in the dungeon scene and hurled an ardent Vittoria at the police chief.' Peter Skorepa, Der Neue Merker, 5 March 2009
Tosca, Vienna, Dec 08: 'José Cura does not necessarily belong among my personal favorites but, however, if one becomes accustomed to his freestyle singing, one must express a compliment for his achievement. Not only was he persuasive in the ‘forte’ parts, he also showed places – the beginning of ‘E lucevan le stelle’ -- that he was also able to pull himself inward to phrase beautifully and produce the colors for which one usually waits in vain. His Cavaradossi was the performance was the most convincing that I have heard from him.' Kurt Vlach, Der Opernfreund, 2 Dec 2008
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