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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Opera lovers arriving at Covent Garden this week for the start of the new season were greeted by Ukrainian flags and scores of picketing protesters. “While she sings, Ukraine bleeds,” read the ...

“Tosca” is Puccini extreme, the composer’s most political opera. At its center is his most fiery heroine, Tosca, the diva who attempts to live for art under tyranny in Rome during Napoleonic times.

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 ...

San Diego Opera has started their season of transition with Tosca by Puccini. It should be noted that all three productions this year were established by the previous regime. This season is not an ...

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 ...