There are at least five good reasons Florida Grand Opera has performed Puccini’s “Tosca” almost a dozen times in 50 years, even featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti in one of the roles in 1981. “To me, ...

There are many reasons Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has performed Puccini’s “Tosca” almost a dozen times in 50 years, even featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti in one of the roles in 1981. “To me, it’s ...

I, like those excitable people who wrote the fascinatingly vivid programme notes about the backstory and original Tosca play, should just take Prozac and calm down. Last night’s production isn’t about ...

One of opera's most popular and frequently performed works, Puccini's tragedy follows the patriotic artist Mario Cavaradossi and his beloved Floria Tosca, an opera singer, as they attempt to evade the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The bass-baritone Bryn Terfel returned to the Met for the first time in 13 years, alongside Sondra Radvanovsky, one of the great Toscas ...

Tosca is an opera of geometric precision. Its three acts take place at the points of a triangle in the center of Rome—a church, a palace, and a prison, each a short walk from the other. The dating is ...

Jacquelyn Stucker has withdrawn from all performances of The Marriage of Figaro for health reasons. The role of Countess Almaviva will be performed by Maria Bengtsson. Swedish soprano Maria Bengtsson ...

Seattle Opera’s performances of “Tosca” are drawing crowds of music lovers. Now those who can’t get enough of the beloved Italian opera can set out on the “Tosca trail,” visiting the real-life sites ...

Before launching into some very attractive sounding new productions this summer, the Royal Opera House has been packing them in with some reliable mainstays of their repertoire. First there was ...

The issues seem to stem from the cast – the second of the two booked for this seventh revival of Jonathan Kent’s classic production. Neither Amanda Echalaz’s Tosca nor Najmiddin Mavlyanov’s ...