Opera San José's 2022-23 season concludes with a vivid production of Puccini's thriller Tosca. See photos from the production. With breathtaking music and some of opera's most celebrated arias, the ...
When the New Orleans Opera opens its 2024-25 season this weekend, its lead-off production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” will evoke fond memories for two of its principal singers. Soprano Melody Moore ...
Whenever someone asks my opinion on the perfect “first” opera to attend, I always pick “Tosca” or “La bohème.” Puccini’s earworm melodies, spectacular arias and concise scoring can hook a first-time ...
Anne Toomey as Tosca in Sarasota Opera's production of "Tosca." The searing emotional wallop of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” marked the opening of Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Winter Season with the ...
No matter how many times one has experienced "Tosca," it's not long into any encounter before you're reminded why this is one of the staples of the repertoire. The opera boasts one of the tautest ...
TAMPA — In choosing Tosca to conclude its 22nd season, Opera Tampa is not so much making a statement as blowing a kiss. That affection is for opera itself, a relatively new concept in which a dream ...
In an opera, everything is larger than life: the sets are outrageous, the costumes opulent, and the waistlines bulging. But there are some productions in which art imitates real life. Because the ...
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera’s “Tosca” was plagued by drama when it was new last season. The lead singers canceled; the conductor, Met music director James Levine, was suspended amid accusations ...