Jan 15, 2020

‘Tosca’ Highlights Glow Lyric Theatre’s 2020 Festival

By Francisco Salazar

The Glow Lyric Theatre has announced its 2020 festival season, which will be the company’s tenth overall. As per usual, the GLT will feature an opera, a musical theatre piece, and an operetta, all connecting to a specific theme.

In recent years, the company has showcased such operas as “Romeo et Juliette,” “Fidelio,” “Carmen,” and “The Crucible,” among others.

This season the company’s main operatic selection will be Puccini’s “Tosca,” the dramatic thriller which features politics, corruption, lies, and lust.

Performance Dates: July 25-August 2, 2020

In addition to Puccini’s famed masterpiece, the company will also present Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida” and Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s “Showboat.”

The festival opens on July 18 and runs through August 2, 2020.

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By Francisco Salazar

FRANCISCO SALAZAR, (Publisher) worked as a reporter for Latin Post where he has had the privilege of interviewing numerous opera stars including Anita Rachvelishvili and Ailyn Perez. He also worked as an entertainment reporter where he covered the New York and Tribeca Film Festivals and interviewed many celebrities such as Antonio Banderas, Edgar Ramirez and Benedict Cumberbatch. He currently freelances for Remezcla.

He holds a Masters in Media Management from the New School and a Bachelor's in Film Production and Italian studies from Hofstra University.