 In Britain in 2006, Kent directed a new production of Puccini's "Tosca" for The Royal Opera, Covent Garden.Expectations were high, since this was Covent Garden's replacement for the famous Franco Zeffirelli production for Maria Callas in 1964, and which had been in use for 42 years.Kent "believes "Tosca", which Puccini adapted from a five-act French play, is an ideal vehicle for his talents