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 ...

Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca arrives at the Royal Palace of Caserta. The great opera returns as a protagonist in one of the ...

"This year is a very special year commemorating the 100th anniversary of Puccini's death. Puccini's Tosca feels very special to me because the protagonist's profession in the work is the same as mine, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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.