The news of Luciano Pavarotti’s death this week has brought back a flood of affectionate memories ” not only of seeing him perform in Atlanta, but of one particular evening I spent playing a private ...

This is the finale, Luciano Pavarotti said of Saturday’s “Tosca,” one last opera on stage after more than four decades of the high Cs that transformed him from an insurance salesman to perhaps the ...

There are at least five good reasons Florida Grand Opera has performed Puccini’s “Tosca” almost a dozen times in 50 years, even featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti in one of the roles in 1981. “To me, ...

There are many reasons Florida Grand Opera (FGO) has performed Puccini’s “Tosca” almost a dozen times in 50 years, even featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti in one of the roles in 1981. “To me, it’s ...

THE MELANCHOLY power that is "E lucevan le stelle," Puccini's great third-act aria from "Tosca," depends on a horrific dramatic situation (hero reflects on his life just before facing firing squad), ...