On the eve of every performance, Riccardo Massi goes silent, not uttering a single word all day. It's part of the Italian tenor's strict regimen to preserve his instrument -- his vocal cords. "I ...
Experience the thrill of opera as the South Bend Symphony Orchestra joins forces with the South Bend Lyric Opera and South Bend Chamber Singers to bring Giacomo Puccini's Tosca to life! This ...
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 ...
“Tosca” is back at Los Angeles Opera. The well-traveled production by British director John Caird, first seen here in 2013, has been revived. The cast, headed by popular Los Angeles native Angel Blue, ...
The pitfalls you might not notice: The start of the “Te Deum” scene in Act I of “Tosca,” pictured here, is problematic, says conductor Speranza Scappucci, because of the changing meters. Wu Wei, ...
Anna Netrebko as Tosca is about to turn the tables on Scarpia (Michael Volle). Ken Howard / Met Opera Until last Saturday night, that is, when Anna Netrebko made her role debut as Tosca—her first ...
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 ...
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In the U.S. it is still news when a Negro stars in grand opera, even in a role calling for a dark skin. Marian Anderson’s Metropolitan Opera debut as the Negro Ulrica, in Un Ballo in Maschera (TIME, ...
If ever there’s an opera that resists wild interpretations, it’s Puccini’s tale of revolution, authoritarianism and unbridled lust in old Rome. “Tosca” takes place in three very real Roman locales: ...
On summer evenings in Italy, the crowds jostle into the famous outdoor arenas—Rome’s Baths of Caracalla, Naples’ Arena Flegrea—to inhale great draughts of Verdi. Puccini, Rossini and Menotti. But ...
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