Tosca at the Israeli Opera
Ettinger never imposes sheer sonic force. Instead, he exercises masterful control over the dynamic layers, shaping the opera’s broad structure through the most delicate gradations of piano and pianissimo. As a result, the rare but overwhelming veristic eruptions of the brass acquire truly apocalyptic dimensions.
“The orchestra, under the baton of Dan Ettinger, demonstrated that same rare degree of interpretive independence in which the music ceases to serve merely as an {…}