Unlike many works by Puccini, Verdi or Wagner, Mozart’s operas demand charismatic singing actors working closely together with a minimum of diva/divo posturing.

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Set in Rome in 1800, it focuses on three main characters — jealous opera diva Floria Tosca; her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, a painter with small-r republican political sentiments; and the corrupt chief ...