What should opera look like in a world marked by rapid industrial and technological development? Though such questions certainly resonate in the 21st century, opera composers were asking the same ...
No matter how many times you’ve seen Puccini’s warhorse opera Tosca, there are always some things new and exciting that reveal themselves to keep this masterpiece fresh, exciting, and relevant. Maybe ...
Hopefully in a year of so, when recordings of the Los Angeles Opera replace the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, a Saturday morning will be devoted to the production of Puccini’s “Tosca” that opened ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Italy celebrated the inclusion of Italian opera singing on the World Heritage List with a gala concert at the Arena of Verona on Friday night that was broadcast on national television. The concert, ...
He Hui as Cio-Cio-San and Roberto Aronica as Pinkerton in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Subscribe for ads-free reading The week, Chinese soprano He Hui starts a ...
Content Warning: This article mentions sexual violence. “For myself the violent conquest has stronger relish than the soft surrender,” baritone Daniel Sutin croons in Italian, thirstily eyeing the ...
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