This Tosca is superb, and a win for English language opera
The ENO production of Puccini’s sweeping thriller adds some risky new elements to the traditional Tosca, but it’s a winner
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The ENO production of Puccini’s sweeping thriller adds some risky new elements to the traditional Tosca, but it’s a winner
The creative pairing of Busoni and Puccini’s operas is Savonlinna Opera Festival at its very best.
Opéra de Monte-Carlo successfully translates Puccini’s Manon Lescaut into the present day, only to be let down by Act III.
The ENO’s no-frills production of The Cunning Little Vixen is an insightful and uplifting soon-to-be classic.
Puccini’s “Tosca”, brought to life by the Metropolitan Opera, is a sumptuous feast for the eyes and ears.
The New York Times has called for the cancellation of Puccini’s Turandot, forgetting that much of opera is based on creative fiction.
New York, slumbering for 18 Covid-stricken months, is reawakening to the tune of the Metropolitan Opera’s La Bohème.
The great Puccini transcribed the real bells of Rome into his iconic opera.
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