Saturday night’s Lyric Opera of Chicago opening of “Tosca,” the Giacomo Puccini opera set as the Neapolitans abandoned Rome and the city fell to what would be years of annexation and Napoleonic ...
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, ...
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 ...
For the kind of wrenching, blatantly ironic flourish that opera is known for–“You should know that was your brother you For the kind of wrenching, blatantly ironic flourish that opera is known ...
When San Diego Opera opens Giacomo Puccini’s beloved romantic opera “Tosca” on March 25, soprano Michelle Bradley will be performing the role of Tosca for only the second time in her professional ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Anthony Tommasini What a difference a cast can make. Luc Bondy’s new production of Puccini’s “Tosca,” which opened the Metropolitan ...