Tosca

Maria Todaro, General Director and CEO of Florida Grand Opera, will direct a new production of TOSCA at the 72nd Festival Puccini at the Gran Teatro all'Aperto Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy.

San Francisco Opera will present its second annual Pride Concert at the War Memorial Opera House, featuring emcee Sapphira Cristál, conductor Robert Mollicone, and soloists Melody Moore, Nikola Printz, and Reginald Smith, Jr.

Check out photos from opening weekend of The Princeton Festival which welcomed hundreds of patrons on Friday, June 5 for a cabaret performance featuring Sierra Boggess, who sang a range of Broadway tunes to the delight of her gathered fans. 

Si è tenuto ieri il saggio di fine biennio per la Brancaccio Musical Academy allo Spazio Diamante di Roma. Con il titolo Diamanti, più che un saggio si è potuto assistere ad un vero e proprio musical, uno di quelli che si avrebbe voglia di rivedere più volte, uno di quelli che si vorrebbero trovare in cartellone per parecchio tempo e soprattutto, congiungendo il nome di questo spettacolo con quello di un vecchio titolo di un film di James Bond,  si è potuto assistere ad una “cascata di talenti”.

The Royal Opera performs 'Ancora un Passo' from Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's production of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, a work rooted in imperialism's destructive forces and featuring the beloved aria 'Un bel dì, vedremo.'

The Royal Opera performs the Flower Duet from Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's staging of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY, a work rooted in the destructive forces of imperialism and featuring some of opera's most enduring music.

Soprano Toni Marie Palmertree, fresh from the Metropolitan Opera stage, will perform the title role in the Princeton Festival's new production of Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY at Morven Museum & Garden, with a 7-year-old local student making his Festival debut.

In dieser Kombination zeigt sich das Profil der Griechischen Nationaloper (GNO). Internationales Repertoire neben griechischen Eigenproduktionen, die sonst nirgends entstehen würden.

The Princeton Festival will open at Morven Museum & Garden with a weekend featuring Sierra Boggess, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky, American Repertory Ballet, and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra.

The Canadian Opera Company will host a one-night-only concert at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, featuring the COC Orchestra, COC Chorus, and an all-Canadian lineup of soloists performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

The Royal Ballet and Opera have unveiled their programme of cinema screenings throughout the 2026/27 Season, including beloved favourites, and new productions.

The separation of the Washington National Opera from the overrun-and-soon-to-close  Kennedy Center has meant next season’s eight planned productions, including five full length operas, will occur on five different stages in the D.C. area. 

BroadwayWorld chats with Shawna Lucey, Opera San Jose's General Director & CEO, about being one of a cohort of women in leadership roles in the Bay Area classical music scene.

Tosca is Giacomo Puccini's fast-paced thriller of an opera; brimming with tension and political intrigue. For many it is Puccini's best work, yet incredibly it has never been staged at Glyndebourne. Until now. It is a show of firsts all round: the first mainstage production for director Ted Huffman and is the first Puccini opera for Glyndebourne’s music director Robin Ticciati, who conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the first of two performance runs.

The Princeton Festival Guild will present its annual Artists' Roundtable at Princeton Public Library, featuring conductor Rossen Milanov, Stage Director Eve Summer, and cast members discussing Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY.

2026 marks the first time that Glyndbourne has staged Puccini's Tosca, a devastating opera of love and betrayal. It’s also a first for Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati, who conducts this powerfully dramatic piece, as well as a Festival debut from exciting American director Ted Huffman.

Next week, 54 Below will present the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Claire Kwon, Clint Holmes, Sing4Her in support of The Foundation for Women’s Cancer and more. 

Cabaret-circus-champagne extravaganza Sabrage has been refreshed just in time to lift our hearts in this sorry hour. Wars continue in the Middle East despite claims of a “ceasefire”. Fuel and food prices are heading north for the summer. Fascism leers openly on both sides of the Atlantic. The thirteenth season of Love Island is launching in less than a month. These are desperate times which force one to look deep into one’s soul and quietly ask: what kind of world are we leaving to Cher?

Opera Orlando announced the full cast for A DECADE OF DIVAS, a one-night-only concert at Steinmetz Hall featuring sopranos, tenors, and a mezzo-soprano from the company's past nine seasons alongside the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.

English National Opera has announced its 2026/27 Season across London and Greater Manchester, featuring nine operas, with six new productions, four operas by contemporary female composers and opportunities for the next generation of opera makers.

Des Moines Metro Opera has announced casting for its 2026 Festival Season featuring TOSCA, OF MICE AND MEN, and KING ROGER. The season will run in repertory in Iowa with a roster of international artists.

World renowned opera singer and Tony Award winner Paulo Szot will be spending a lot of time in St. Louis this summer. Szot will make his Opera Theatre of St. Louis (OTSL) debut in The Light in the Piazza and reprise his Tony winning role as Emile de Beque in South Pacific at The Muny.

Carnegie Hall has revealed the spring and summer schedule for Carnegie Hall Citywide, the Hall’s free concert series that brings a mix of live performances to venues throughout New York City.

Royal Ballet and Opera announced its 2026/27 Season, featuring 10 new opera productions including PARSIFAL, GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, and LA GIOCONDA, plus ballet masterworks and Wayne McGregor's 20th anniversary. Tickets go on sale June 24, 2026.

Wolf Trap Opera has announced the cast for its 2026 summer season, showcasing a dynamic roster of emerging artists in one of the country's leading training grounds for rising opera talent.