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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — “Are you enjoying the show?” I asked the woman two seats over during intermission at Seattle Opera. “I love this opera so much I named my dog Tosca,” she replied in earnest. Such is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an opera, everything is larger than life: the sets are outrageous, the costumes opulent, and the waistlines bulging. But there are some productions in which art imitates real life. Because the ...