A new Tosca at the Royal Opera was always destined to be a talking point. Any production of Puccini’s 1900 masterpiece carries a burden of expectation. This taut drama, spiced with love and violence, ...

She came, she sang, she conquered. Having racked up precisely 70 years of Toscas, I can report that Anna Netrebko’s rendition of the great aria ‘Vissi d’arte’ was among the finest I have heard – and ...

Opera lovers arriving at Covent Garden this week for the start of the new season were greeted by Ukrainian flags and scores of picketing protesters. “While she sings, Ukraine bleeds,” read the ...

Oliver Mears's new production of Puccini's most powerful opera breaks many rules but gets away with it triumphantly, thanks to superb performances by a perfect cast and an extra frisson delivered by ...

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters have demonstrated outside the Royal Opera House in London to protest a performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. Protesters outside Thursday ...

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