Mears plays mostly by the Puccini/Giacosa/Illica rulebook of love and terror in totalitarian Rome - foolish the director who would throw the musically and ...

Seattle Opera will close its 2024/25 season with Giacomo Puccini’s shocking melodrama Tosca, the fiery tale of an opera diva who risks everything to save her beloved from the grasp of a sadistic and ...

Prima donna. Diva. Icon. Without a doubt, opera legend Maria Callas undeniably had one of the finest voices of all time. After making her return to the stage in the Royal Opera House’s “Tosca” as seen ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Aleksandra Kurzak, moving into heavier repertoire with Puccini’s opera, played the title diva as touchingly human. By Oussama Zahr When Aleksandra ...

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France — The first thing we hear in Christophe Honoré’s new production of “Tosca” at the Aix Festival here is not the score’s thunderous opening chords, but “Vissi d’arte,” a rending ...

Twenty-two months have passed since Opera Columbus last performed in its longtime home of the Southern Theatre. The company has stayed visible since then — first with virtual presentations, then with ...

The searing emotional wallop of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” marked the opening of Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Winter Season with the Sarasota Opera. The hallmark of productions under his guidance has ...

It feels like summer is starting to cool off, but the Soo Opera is just heating up. All month long they’ll be busy with performances and concerts. Anna Rebek and Thomas Gunther are here to talk about ...