than Callas, if her voice is less evenly produced than that of Leontyne Price, she is by no means obliterated by these conjunctions. By any standard her Tosca is a distinguished one.’

Opera Now

'Jane Eaglen is the main vocal attraction. Singing with vibrant tone, she rises to the many challenges of the score. Her range is wide and there is no sign of insecurity in the all-consuming climax of Act II.’

 

 

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International Record Review

'Jane Eaglen sings grandly in the title role... her lyrical phrasing is outstanding and she never fails when an exciting expansion to full voice is required. She is good too at vehemence.. This cannot be a comparative review (no other recording of Tosca is in English), but if Eaglen is less vivid an actress and less word-responsive

CHAN 3066

5 January 2009

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An opera in three acts
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
after the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
English version by Edmund Tracey

The Cast

Jane Eaglen, soprano, PMF Scholar - Floria Tosca
Dennis O'Neill, tenor - Mario Cavaradossi
Gregory Yurisich, baritone - Baron Scarpia
Peter Rose, bass - Cesare Angelotti
Andrew Shore, bass-baritone - Sacristan
John Daszak, tenor - Spoletta
Christopher Booth-Jones, bass - Sciarrone
Ashley Holland, bass (PMF Scholar) - Jailor
Charbel Michael, alto - A Shepherd Boy
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
The Peter Kay Children`s Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry - conductor

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London
25-27 & 29-30 August 1995
Producer - Brian Couzens
Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens
Assistant engineer - Richard Smoker

Registered charity number: 258224

 

Jane Eaglen sings Tosca

© Peter Moores Foundation 2004