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 Maria Callas’ stellar performance of the heartwrenching and classic Tosca aria “Vissi d’Arte.” Antonio Pappano, Music Director of the Royal Opera House in London, speaks on the state of Callas’ ...

In an all new clip from the Metropolitan Opera's production of Tosca, Sondra Radvanovsky sings the title heroine's Act II aria. Check out the video! A trio of commanding sopranos share the role of ...

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, ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Puccini's "Tosca" is a staple of opera stages everywhere, one of the handful of repertory pieces that companies can rely on to draw and please crowds in even the most dutiful, workaday rendition.

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 ...

The pitfalls you might not notice: The start of the “Te Deum” scene in Act I of “Tosca,” pictured here, is problematic, says conductor Speranza Scappucci, because of the changing meters. Wu Wei, ...