Tosca 2024

Video footage from the final dress rehearsal of Puccini's TOSCA at the Metropolitan Opera shows SeokJong Baek singing an excerpt from Cavaradossi's Act III aria in the David McVicar production.

Bloodless, metaphorically and literally, production is lost in too many contradictions

The Met's new Lincoln in the Bardo, Paul Taylor Dance Company premieres, Cherubini's Medea, Thibaudet with the Philharmonic and more in NYC, Nov. 2-8.

All new production photos have been released for English National Opera’s Tosca at the London Coliseum. Learn more about the performance and check out the photos here.

Carnegie Hall announced its November programming featuring PUNCH BROTHERS, THE MET ORCHESTRA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S performing across multiple venues.

Melbourne Opera announced its 2027 season featuring four full-scale productions, including a new staging of Richard Wagner's PARSIFAL that completes the company's history-making Wagner cycle.

Cincinnati Opera will broadcast six performances from its 2026 Summer Festival on 90.9 WGUC, including SALOME, CARMEN, and the world premiere of LALOVAVI. A live 2027 Season Preview will air from Cincinnati Public Radio studios.

Williamstown rebuilds from a staff of three, Broadway’s $21B impact on NYC meets a real estate squeeze, Kimberly Motes takes the helm at Hennepin Arts, and Equity and Brighton Fringe strike a UK first. Read the full newsletter.

NYC classical guide for Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Medea and Tosca open at the Met, ABT premieres a new ballet, plus Tippett and a free Juilliard Halloween show.

English National Opera will present Kaija Saariaho's rarely staged opera at the London Coliseum, marking the first collaboration between Artistic Director Annilese Miskimmon and Music Director Designate André de Ridder.

Music Worcester will present two holiday traditions: The Worcester Chorus performs HANDEL'S MESSIAH at Mechanics Hall, followed by the Worcester Chorus Women's Ensemble Holiday Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church.

The Grange Festival announced its 2027 program under new Artistic Director Brindley Sherratt, featuring four opera productions, concerts, and a dance double bill across Hampshire.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  October 20, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Calgary Opera has removed bass Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega from the remainder of its run of Tosca after he displayed a Palestinian flag during the curtain call of the production’s opening night on October 16. 

Vancouver Opera will present Puccini's TOSCA at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, featuring soprano Joyce El-Khoury, tenor David Pomeroy, and baritone Gregory Dahl in a co-production with Pacific Opera Victoria.

With so much time separating our current lives and those of Calgary Opera's TOSCA, you might expect the story to be archaic. It turns out that the central themes are still highly relevant in our modern world.

The State Opera in Prague will present Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca on multiple dates in November and December 2026. Learn more about the upcoming production here.

Fargo-Moorhead Opera will open its 2026-27 season with a production of Giacomo Puccini's “Tosca,” running in October at North Dakota State University's Festival Concert Hall in Fargo, North Dakota.

San Francisco Opera stages Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at the War Memorial Opera House with conductor Sebastian Weigle making his house debut and director Shawna Lucey helming the revival production.

The Greek National Opera has announced that mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča will take on the role of Floria Tosca, one of the most challenging operatic roles for a soprano.

The Metropolitan Opera shared soprano Sondra Radvanovsky performing Tosca's Act II aria 'Vissi d'arte' from its 2021-22 season production of Puccini's opera.

Tenors Adam Smith and Freddie De Tommaso will replace Stephen Costello in the role of Rodolfo at the Metropolitan Opera's production of Puccini's LA BOHÈME after Costello withdrew due to illness.

This autumn, English National Opera (ENO) will present a new production of Puccini's Tosca at the London Coliseum, a timeless story of love, power and sacrifice. Check out rehearsal photos here.

The Verdi Chorus opens its 43rd season with a concert featuring operatic sequences from Verdi's works alongside selections from Leoncavallo and Puccini at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica.

The American Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart's Coronation Mass alongside U.S. premieres by Michael Haydn and Georg Anton Benda, plus a rare performance of Hasse's Miserere, with soloists from the Metropolitan Opera.