Every year, the vast open parking lot at the Santa Fe Opera in the lap of the Sangre de Cristo mountains is full of tailgaters — often with sumptuous dinners for the season’s opening night. “I think ...

A violent and crass triple stab of brass killed the gaiety. A man in black marched through the pews. As light licked his jowls, the police chief Scarpia, played by Bryn Terfel, revealed himself to the ...

PARIS — Many 19th-century opera composers wrote roles to suit the voices and characters of their wives or mistresses. When Puccini created a tempestuous diva called Floria Tosca, however, he could ...

When the New Orleans Opera opens its 2024-25 season this weekend, its lead-off production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” will evoke fond memories for two of its principal singers. Soprano Melody Moore ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. November includes a Giacomo Puccini centennial — it’s the 100th anniversary of his death from complications ...

Palm Beach Opera opened its 62 nd season Friday with a performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” at the Kravis Center. This opera, despite being a perennial favorite in the operatic canon, also serves ...