Soprano Lise Davidsen will sing her first Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso, who will make his Met debut, as David McVicar’s production of Puccini’s Tosca returns for ...

Al op jonge leeftijd kwam Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca in het leven van de Australische regisseur Barrie Kosky. Via zijn Hongaarse grootmoeder, die in 1935 vanuit Boedapest naar Australië emigreerde.

In het Rome van 1800 is zangeres Tosca verliefd op de revolutionair en schilder Mario Cavaradossi. Wanneer hij wordt opgepakt door de politie voor het verbergen van een ontsnapte politieke gevangene, ...

The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 Live in HD season continues with the return of Puccini's Tosca on Saturday, November 23, at 1PM ET. Gary Halvorson will direct the Live in HD presentation for cinemas, ...

Premiering in 1900, Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics, for their part, ...

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 ...

Why these extravagant gestures to Puccini? While celebrations connected to an artist’s birth are quite common, making a big fuss over the anniversary of their death happens far less frequently. But ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no one since. Credit... Supported by ...

Puccini was geen intellectueel. Op het conservatorium in Milaan vond hij bijvakken als esthetiek doodsaai. Politiek en maatschappelijke kwesties interesseerden hem niet. Maar voor zijn opera’s deed ...