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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“It’s my favorite opera of all time,” said Roberto Minczuk, artistic director/conductor. “Puccini is the quintessential Italian composer. Broadway is an evolution of Puccini’s opera.” The orchestra is ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Puccini's enduring favorite, starring an ...

The Royal Opera House Muscat (ROHM) opens Giacomo Puccini's much-loved opera Tosca this week in a visually striking ...

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 ...