This was a very soundly fine performance of Tosca – certainly musically and, largely too, from a production point of view.
Davison made a fine Tosca, commanding vocally with occasional, and so more effective, unleashing of her richly powerful voice. I did find there was a slight degree of chilliness about the character portrayal; there always seemed to be an element of control on how she moved and interacted, although musically, the passion was certainly there.
Di Tommaso had a richly gorgeous Italianate voice and he had suitable power for the few but significantly heroic moments of the role as well. In Act 3 he seemed to be less sobbingly emoting than he apparently was in earlier performances.
Quinn Kelsey (new name to me) was an excellent Scarpia, vocally and dramatically. He had a very strong stage presence and could use and channel stillness to great and chilling effect.
The sets were largely pretty traditional although that of Act 1 did not really help matters with the massive pillar downstage SR which too often slightly obscured scenes, most notably the start of the Te Deum procession for the climax of Act 1.
In Act 3, the set was effectively evocative of the terrace of the castle although I felt that much more could b be done with the lighting, to evoke the gradual coming of dawn and the climactic imminent. The darkly dramatic, moonlit sky that we saw at the opening, while very effective in itself would have gained from this. It would also have fitted very appropriately with the musical picture that was being painted throughout this opening scene. I much liked the dumb show as the scene started with the body of a previous execution being checked and then dragged off. This gave a vivid and dramatically contrasting sense of the sort of Rome over which Scarpia ruled.