Why these extravagant gestures to Puccini? While celebrations connected to an artist’s birth are quite common, making a big fuss over the anniversary of their death happens far less frequently. But ...

Soprano Lise Davidsen will sing her first Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso, who will make his Met debut, as David McVicar’s production of Puccini’s Tosca returns for ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The powerhouse soprano, already a company stalwart at 37, still seems to be figuring out a character whose moods change on a dime. By Zachary Woolfe ...

The mystique surrounding Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen has been that of the late bloomer: After leaning singer-songwriter in her youth, singing in choirs and mistaking herself for a mezzo, Davidsen ...

The Metropolitan Opera's 2024–25 Live in HD season continues with the return of Puccini's Tosca on Saturday, November 23, at 1PM ET. Gary Halvorson will direct the Live in HD presentation for cinemas, ...

NEW YORK — Anna Netrebko must have felt enormous pressure Saturday at the Metropolitan Opera when for the first time anywhere she sang the title role of Puccini’s “Tosca.” This is a touchstone of the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook “Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals of three Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach classics. By ...

NEW YORK — The stakes could not have been higher. The chaos could not have been wilder. It’s fair to say that no production in the Metropolitan Opera’s history has been more vexed than the new staging ...

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