The searing emotional wallop of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” marked the opening of Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Winter Season with the Sarasota Opera. The hallmark of productions under his guidance has ...

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 ...

It’s been called one of the “most lethal” of operas. But beyond its dark themes of murder, corruption and betrayal, “Tosca” also boasts some of Puccini’s most beloved arias. Set in Rome during the ...

Last Thursday, I went to see the opera Tosca at the Astra Theatre in Gozo. Opera performances are now a permanent feature of the theatre calendar in Gozo, and their high standard draws the crowds of ...