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, ...

American Soprano Patricia Racette sings the aria “Vissi d’arte” from Act II of Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Great Performances at the Met Season 12 begins with a new production of ...

Watch Sonya Yoncheva sing Floria Tosca's aria. Sonya Yoncheva sings the title character’s Act II aria, as she thinks of her lover and their fate.

Why these extravagant gestures to Puccini? While celebrations connected to an artist’s birth are quite common, making a big fuss over the anniversary of their death happens far less frequently. But ...

The biggest hits in Tosca are easy to choose; it has two of the best-known arias in any opera. In Act Two, as Tosca (soprano Catherine Nagelstad) is being blackmailed by Scarpia, she sings ‘Vissi ...

Kicking off its 2016-2017 season, the Korea National Opera is gearing up to present its latest rendition of one of the operatic world’s most tragic love stories -- Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca.” The ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Aleksandra Kurzak, moving into heavier repertoire with Puccini’s opera, played the title diva as touchingly human. By Oussama Zahr When Aleksandra ...

Here’s a question: Does anyone actually like Tosca? Not Puccini’s 1900 opera, I mean, but its title character. At Seattle Opera’s Saturday-night performance, Ausrine Stundyte proved a courageous ...