Review: TOSCA, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - Feb 6, 2024
Even with its scenes of torture, sexual extortion, execution and suicide, this thirteenth revival of Jonathan Kent’s take on Tosca digs deep into the romantic story at its heart.
St. Charles Singers to Share Stage With 6 High School Choirs This February
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 3, 2024
The St. Charles Singers will launch a new community outreach initiative with a pair of 'Choral Connections' concerts, featuring vocal ensembles from six suburban Chicago high schools. The concerts will showcase the talent of the St. Charles Singers and the student choruses, culminating in a joint performance.
New York City Opera to Present ENRICO CARUSO AND HIS SONGS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2024
New York City Opera presents Caruso and His Songs, a recital by tenor Mark Milhofer and pianist Marco Scolastra, paying homage to the legendary Enrico Caruso. The program features songs written for Caruso, including compositions by Caruso himself.
Review: MANON LESCAUT at Winter Opera
by Steve Callahan - Jan 19, 2024
Gina Galati’s wonderful Winter Opera company continues its 17th season with Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. This work, which opened in 1893, was Puccini’s first great hit. It was rather daring of Puccini to present this piece, based as it was on a novel that had already been adapted to opera by two other composers—first by Daniel Aubert (1856), and then in a hugely successful work by Jules Massenet 1884.
TOSCA Returns to the Royal Opera House in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024
This February, The Royal Opera’s Tosca returns to Covent Garden. Jonathan Kent’s staging receives its 14th revival since its premiere in 2006 and this year will showcase debut performances from several artists new to the Royal Opera House stage.
Palm Beach Opera Opens 2024 Season With TOSCA
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2024
Featuring high-voltage drama and a sensuous score, all set against the backdrop of real-life locations in Rome, Palm Beach Opera opens its highly-anticipated 2024 Season with Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” 100 years after that great composer’s death in November 1924.