The Cedar Rapids Opera’s production of Puccini’s opera, Tosca is set to take the stage this weekend. Tosca is probably the most thrilling opera in the inherited repertoire. And conducting it is a ...

There are at least five good reasons Florida Grand Opera has performed Puccini’s “Tosca” almost a dozen times in 50 years, even featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti in one of the roles in 1981. “To me, ...

“Tosca,” Giacomo Puccini’s opera of power and sexual passion, needs a soprano of beauty, power and temperament in the title role. Add to those requirements, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Barn ...

I will admit, "Tosca" has never been one of my favorite operas. Puccini's music is lovely — and at many points in the opera even achingly beautiful — but the melodramatic, even pulpy plot, along with ...

A great classic opera, a cast of strong and impassioned singers and players, beautifully designed sets. It would be hard to find a more compelling trifecta of talent than Seattle Opera displays in the ...

Indianapolis is about to see one of its most world-renowned voices in one of opera's most powerful roles. The voice belongs to Angela Brown, whose wide-ranging talent has brought her to the ...

When San Diego Opera opens Giacomo Puccini’s beloved romantic opera “Tosca” on March 25, soprano Michelle Bradley will be performing the role of Tosca for only the second time in her professional ...

Soprano Tamara Wilson in dress rehearsal for the role of Floria Tosca in Tosca at Houston Grand Opera. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane For years, Tamara Wilson was pretty much no one’s first choice to sing ...

With radical adaptations of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “Tosca,” Heartbeat Opera shows why it’s so vital to New York’s music scene. By Oussama Zahr Heartbeat Opera, a small, nimble company that ...