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 ...

Eureka Springs’ Opera in the Ozarks opened its 60th season with Puccini’s “Tosca” last Friday. Set in Rome in the Napoleonic era, the opera tells the story of Floria Tosca (sung on opening night by a ...

A violent and crass triple stab of brass killed the gaiety. A man in black marched through the pews. As light licked his jowls, the police chief Scarpia, played by Bryn Terfel, revealed himself to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the end, it was a happy surprise that so much of beauty and musical integrity emerged from the exercise – and that the production by Steve Elias brought a convincing fresh interpretation to the ...

Complete Information About Tosca in Chicago at Nichols Concert Hall. Feel the intensity of Giacomo Puccini’s legendary Tosca ...

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 ...