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 ...

Lyric Opera’s imperishable love affair with Puccini’s “Tosca” goes back as far as the company’s inaugural season in 1954. Some of the greatest sopranos of their day have loved, killed and leapt ...

DESPITE being a dedicated opera fan for over 15 years, until recently I had never seen any of the Toscas staged at the Slovak National Theatre (SND). The reason I finally went to see the opera on ...

SAN FRANCSICO — There are two sensational performances in San Francisco Opera’s “Tosca” at the War Memorial Opera House, a production that is firing on all cylinders at the midpoint of its run. In ...