The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its production of “Tosca.” The company said that “for the performances of Puccini’s Tosca today, April 8, and Wednesday, April 12, the title role will be sung by Liudmyla Monastyrska.” The change is due to Angela Gheorghiu testing positive for COVID. According to the soprano, the Met’s policy states that a {…}

Angela Gheorghiu has tested positive for COVID-19 and has canceled the April 8 performance of “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera. In a social media post the soprano said, “as much as I eagerly waited to return tomorrow on one of my most beloved stages, the wonderful Metropolitan Opera, after an absence of 8 years also because of the COVID Pandemic {…}