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 ...

Experience the powerful story of “Tosca” from the Metropolitan Opera, on screen at Orcas Center Tuesday, Jan. 28, at noon. Filmed live in high definition, these on-screen events offer a divers ...

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For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Shawna Lucey, the general director of Opera San Jose, loves a thrilling night at the opera, and she clearly recalls the first ...

A landmark moment in modern opera: Maria Callas performing Tosca at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House in 1964. Only the second act of the work was recorded, presented here in a restored version.

With no evidence of smoldering passion and uninhibited desire, this was a neutered “Tosca” all around. Ms. Waleson writes on opera for the Journal and is the author of “Mad Scenes and Exit ...

Now the hometown diva is back in town in L.A. opera’s production of Tosca The diva comes home. SoCal’s own Angel Blue takes center stage in L.A. Opera’s production of Tosca on November 19 ...