(Credit: Ian Ehm) The Royal Opera House’s 2025-26 season has been in the headlines due to the return of Anna Netrebko for the first time since 2019. But the opening also marks a new era for the company as Jakub Hrůša begins his tenure as music director. He will be the fourth person in the job in 54 years and {…}
The Festival Ljubljana has announced a cast change for “Tosca” on Sept. 3, 2025. The festival said, “due to illness, Jonathan Tetelman will unfortunately not be able to perform in tonight’s ‘Tosca.’ The role of Cavaradossi will be performed by the outstanding tenor Freddie De Tommaso. We are delighted to welcome such an acclaimed artist to Ljubljana, and we wish {…}
Oper im Steinbruch has announced that it will present Puccini’s “Tosca” during the 2026 season. The company will present the opera from July 15 to August 22, 2026. The opera will be headlined by three divas, including Joyce El-Khoury, Celine Byrne, and Melissa Purnell. They will be joined by Bror Magnus Tødenes, Yongzhao Yu, Adorján Pataki, Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, and Marco {…}
OperaDelaware has announced its 2025-26 season. The season will open with a production of “Tosca.” The Puccini Opera will be presented in partnership with Opera Baltimore and features Emily Margevich in the title role. She made her mainstage debut with the company in 2024, taking on the role of Musetta in “La Bohème.” Joining her is John Pickle as Cavaradossi and {…}
(Photo: Hillary Scott) I imagine that every lover of opera can reference memorable “Toscas” in their life, whether recordings or live performances. My first–as a young buff, via a vinyl box set–was indeed a classic. All thanks to Gino, who–many years ago–managed the classical section of LPs at Sam Goody’s in Yonkers. He could always be relied upon for spot-on {…}
The Dutch National Opera is set to open its 2025-26 season with Puccini’s “Tosca.” The production by Barrie Kosky is inspired by Film Noir and will showcase Nathalie Stutzmann, who makes her house debut as conductor. When Kosky’s production first opened in 2022, critics raved and said, “It is in these psychologically highly-charged interactions where Kosky’s film noir approach is most {…}
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, sipping wine, is incongruent with heinous assault, torture, and suicide. But maybe that’s the point. “Tosca” doesn’t need help being dramatic. And once the drama starts, it {…}
Mission Opera will present “Tosca” at the Canyon high School Performing Arts Center in Santa Clarita, CA. The Puccini classic is set to take the stage on June 13 -15 with two casts, including one featuring indigenous singers in the three lead roles. Kirsten C. Kunkle, a Muscogee citizen, will make her role debut as Floria Tosca, joined by Hugo {…}
“Tosca”—yet another one. OperaDIS lists no fewer than 250 recordings, but stops short after the year 2009. For all we know, the newest release—by DG—may be the 500th in an endless loop of “recondite armonie.” But “Tosca” has not lost its appeal, and any new, star-studded interpretation is likely to elicit widespread attention. This is most certainly the case when {…}
(Photo: Brescia e Amisano) It was December 7, 2019, when the curtain of Teatro alla Scala rose before the select audience that annually attends the Sant’Ambroeus performance, better known among opera lovers as “La prima della Scala,” the event that inaugurates the new season of the prestigious Italian theater. To open the 2019-20 season—unaware that it would soon be brutally {…}
(Credit: Fabrizio Sansoni) Rai Radio 3 is set to broadcast Puccini’s “Tosca” from the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma on March 1, 2025. The evening will recreate the 1900 production that premiered the Opera. The cast will include Anna Netrebko in her signature interpretation that she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Arena di Verona, Salzburg Festival, Teatro {…}
