Opera critics consider Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” which is now playing at the San Francisco Opera, to be the epitome of the verismo style. When the opera premiered in 1900, many Italian composers were ...

Giacomo Puccini's intoxicating mix of passion and revenge has made his opera a favorite with audiences since it premiered in 1900. But it hasn't always fared well with critics, who sometimes fault its ...

“Tosca,” presented by Opera Coeur d’Alene, reviewed Friday at North Idaho College’s Schuler Performing Arts Center, continues Sunday. Visit operacda.org for tickets or more information. Tosca has ...

"This year is a very special year commemorating the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. Puccini's Tosca feels very special to me because the protagonist's profession in the work is the same as mine, ...

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 ...

Sondra Radvanovsky: It's really been my therapist, opera has. It's been my way of dealing with all of my issues in life, not just the death of people close to me and illness, but also happy moments, ...

There are reasons why Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca has been performed almost 900 times at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. “Tosca is a really, really good introduction to opera,” says soprano Marcy ...

Among the highlights are the world premiere of an adaptation of “Lincoln in the Bardo,” and classics like “Macbeth” and ...

Diva Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) survives, but the opera ‘Tosca’ is DOA at the Met. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. Amid the metaphorical and and literal murk of this “gala” performance, one spark shone out ...

Maria Guleghina, Franz Grundheber and Alfredo Portilla star in Tosca, from the Wortham Theater Center in Houston. Franz Grundheber was born in Trier, Germany, and studied voice at Indiana University ...