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, ...

In a 10-year burst of creativity, Giacomo Puccini turned out “Manon Lescaut,” “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly”( Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo). This essay is a Cover Story selection ...

Diva Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) survives, but the opera ‘Tosca’ is DOA at the Met. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. Amid the metaphorical and and literal murk of this “gala” performance, one spark shone out ...

Angelotti (in prison uniform): I'm out of puff / I've been running enough. I cannot stop until / I've shaken off the old Bill. / Ah there is the key / My sis left for me. (hides in chapel) Sacristan: ...

2 Full Cast Set for BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB North American Tour 3 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour One of opera's most popular and frequently performed works, Puccini's tragedy ...

This stupendous set is among the first issues from Sony's new collaboration with the New York Metropolitan Opera, the aim of which is to release remasterings of some of the house's finest archive ...