Tosca

This December, the New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT) will present Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca." Despite the passing of Wakasugi Hiroshi, the artistic director of NNTT, in July 2009, production has gone on and is set to be more lavish...

In this article: Giacomo Puccini, New National Theatre Tokyo, and Japan

...no signs of fatigue as he began signing copies of the new DVD release "My Greatest Roles," which features his performances in Puccini's "Tosca," "Manon Lescaut" and "La Fanciulla del West." (The first volume of the multi-disc set is on sale...

In this article: Placido Domingo, God, DVD, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, Diet Coke, and Santa Monica College

...and Benoit Constant Coquelin open for a five-week engagement, in French, at the Garden Theatre in New York. Bernhardt plays Camille, Tosca, Roxanne, and, in a burst of early non-traditional casting, two "breeches" roles, Hamlet and...

In this article: Steppenwolf, John Malkovich, Hamlet, Hysteria, Sigmund Freud, London, Sarah Bernhardt, Emlyn Williams, and Paul Ford

...can still deliver. Ramey brought grandeur to the Coronation Scene from Moussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" and the Te Deum from Puccini's "Tosca," while Morris was riveting in the monologue from Wagner's "Der Fliegende Hollaender." • Soprano...

In this article: Macbeth, La traviata, James Morris, Anna Netrebko, Samuel Ramey, and Matthew Polenzani

...one of those operas where the music and the story are one," says Mattila, fresh from her portrayal of another desperate heroine, Puccini's Tosca, in the widely drubbed Luc Bondy production that opened the Met season in September. The Lyric...

In this article: Leos Janacek, Katya Kabanova, Karita Mattila, Markus Stenz, Patrice Chereau, Judith Forst, and Civic Opera House

Soprano Cynthia Lawrence and tenor Renzo Zulian in the Florentine Opera production of "Tosca," Puccini's saga of jealousy and betrayal. Posted: Nov. 21, 2009 8:38 a.m. Lovely singing and a nearly bare stage made for an oddly unbalanced...

In this article: Joseph Rescigno, Todd Thomas, Suicide, and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

...to talk about a controversy she was embroiled in earlier this fall involving the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's "Tosca.'' She sang the title role, and one of her favorite directors, Luc Bondy, staged the opera to open the...

In this article: Karita Mattila, Katya Kabanova, Leos Janacek, Don Giovanni, Manon Lescaut, and Jenufa

...tenor Stefan Margita, was first rate. Unlike the season's first new production, a widely ridiculed Luc Bondy staging of Puccini's "Tosca" that sparked loud booing on opening night, there was near universal cheering for "House," presented in...

In this article: From the House of the Dead, Willard White, Leos Janacek, and Patrice Chereau