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, ...
When soprano Maria Natale was growing up in California, she was intrigued by the music her paternal grandfather listened to ...
The mystique surrounding Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen has been that of the late bloomer: After leaning singer-songwriter in her youth, singing in choirs and mistaking herself for a mezzo, Davidsen ...
There are at least five good reasons Florida Grand Opera has performed Puccini’s “Tosca” almost a dozen times in 50 years, even featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti in one of the roles in 1981. “To me, ...
With radical adaptations of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Puccini’s “Tosca,” Heartbeat Opera shows why it’s so vital to New York’s music scene. By Oussama Zahr Heartbeat Opera, a small, nimble company that ...
It's a classic tale of love, loss and deception.
Florentine Opera's new production of Puccini's "Tosca" has the most elaborate content advisory this side of premium cable: "Tosca" "contains depictions of interrogation and torture, physical ...
"Tosca" will be performed Nov. 1, 5 and 7 at the Detroit Opera House. Puccini set the opera in Rome during the Napoleonic wars, but Detroit Opera's version will move the action to fascist Italy in the ...
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 ...
Maria Natale is deep in rehearsals for Opera San Jose’s production of “Tosca.” It’s her first time singing the opera’s passionate and artistic title character, Floria Tosca, but she says it’s a role ...
When touring opera has been shredded by cuts, it’s a shame that Oxford International’s opener with Bryn Terfel fell short ...
Back when she got her start on the podium as an undergrad studying composition, Eun Sun Kim says becoming an opera conductor “was not at all in my agenda.” If you’ve ever met a conductor, even once, ...