From the early 1890s Giacomo Puccini had toyed with adapting French playwright Victorien Sardou’s gripping melodrama La Tosca into an opera, but only began serious work following the premiere of the ...

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, ...

Before the curtain rises, a Pasolini quote appears. It’s a clear warning this TOSCA won’t simply walk through Puccini’s Rome.

There are many reasons Florida Grand Opera (FGO) 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, it’s ...

It’s one of the arts world’s most famous triangles: A fiery singer, the painter she loves and the policeman who’s obsessed with her. Opera Orlando opens its season this month at Steinmetz Hall with ...

Tosca is a difficult opera to stage outside of its strictly prescribed time and setting. Based on the French playwright Victorien Sardou’s 1887 play La Tosca, Giacomo Puccini’s opera of love smothered ...

“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, ...

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 ...

Kawa Nemir has translated Tosca opera by Giacomo Puccini into Kurdish and director Celil Toksöz has adapted it for the stage. The premiere of the theater play will be held in Amsterdam City Theater on ...