(Credit: Marco Borrelli) The Salzburg Festival has canceled the upcoming live broadcast of Puccini’s “Tosca.” According to reports, the broadcast, which was set to be aired on Arte.TV and ORF on August 27, was canceled due to “organizational and dispositional” reasons. However, other sources noted that star soprano Anna Netrebko, who is currently performing the title role, did not approve {…}

The Salzburg Festival is teaming up with Swarovski again for a revival production of “Tosca.” The festival announced that for one of the three costumes that have been created for Anna Netrebko, the red concert dress was conceived as “restrained fireworks” featuring 40,000 Swarovski crystals in four different shades of red. Costume Design Jan Meier noted that over the shining {…}