Some of the most iconic operas have death prominently featured in the libretto, a move that is designed to heighten intensity and maximize tension. Illness, torture, murder, suicide — this is the ...

Tosca Theresa Pardini, beloved mother, Nonna, great grandmother, and cherished friend, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 16, surrounded by the love of her family. On a dark, cloudy day, as ...

Mears plays mostly by the Puccini/Giacosa/Illica rulebook of love and terror in totalitarian Rome - foolish the director who would throw the musically and ...

Tosca Musk is a South African Canadian-American filmmaker. She is an executive producer and director of feature films, television programs, and web content. She co-founded the streaming service ...

Kristine Opolais plays the title role in "Tosca" on July 19. Photo courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lenox — As one of the most popular operas of all time, Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” is a ...

Amongst the splendour of Rome, danger and betrayal bloom. Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and their art. When Cavaradossi bravely helps an escaped prisoner, the young couple ...

This review of “Tosca” covers the June 17, 2025 production. On a warm June evening, the Princeton Festival staged “Tosca.” The setting didn’t match the material. A breezy night under a white tent, ...

For 32 years Manhattan’s Metropolitan Opera Company had a villain without peer. He seemed kindly enough backstage but when he strode before an audience as Baron Scarpia, Chief of the Roman Police in ...

Filmmaker and CEO Tosca Musk is pouring her heart into Passionflix, a steamy streaming platform built on the unifying power of love — even as her brother increasingly becomes one of the most divisive ...