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, ...

When the New Orleans Opera opens its 2024-25 season this weekend, its lead-off production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” will evoke fond memories for two of its principal singers. Soprano Melody Moore ...

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 ...

Whenever someone asks my opinion on the perfect “first” opera to attend, I always pick “Tosca” or “La bohème.” Puccini’s earworm melodies, spectacular arias and concise scoring can hook a first-time ...

Anne Toomey as Tosca in Sarasota Opera's production of "Tosca." The searing emotional wallop of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” marked the opening of Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Winter Season with the ...

It’s a masterpiece! Tosca has opened at Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the production emphatically reconfirms that group’s status as one of the world’s great opera companies. The evening was soft and ...

TAMPA — In choosing Tosca to conclude its 22nd season, Opera Tampa is not so much making a statement as blowing a kiss. That affection is for opera itself, a relatively new concept in which a dream ...

"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, ...

No matter how many times one has experienced "Tosca," it's not long into any encounter before you're reminded why this is one of the staples of the repertoire. The opera boasts one of the tautest ...