40K views · 3K reactions | A true opera icon  Puccini's Tosca was performed for the first time at the Royal Opera House on this day in 1900. In the 123 years since, we've staged Tosca more than 250 times with some of the greatest singers in history taking on the lead role. Not bad for an opera infamously decried by one early critic as a 'shabby little shocker'! Stream Jonathan Kent's classic production with a 14-day trial ▶️ roh.org.uk/stream | Royal Ballet And Opera | Facebook

A short synopsis of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. It's based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, "La Tosca" and was premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. I left some things out of this short version of the story so you can go see Tosca the next chance you get. Music by Steve Wallace | Babatunde Hip Hopera

Recently named a Critic’s Pick by The New York Times, David McVicar’s sumptuous and thrilling production of Puccini’s Tosca returns to the stage today, December 5, with “extraordinary” soprano Sondra Radvanovsky as the title diva. She joins two other sensational singing actors, tenor Brian Jagde and baritone George Gagnidze, in a performance led by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin and featuring the peerless MET Orchestra Musicians and Met Opera Chorus. On stage through December 18: bit.ly/3gg

Tosca, Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama, “has just about everything: great tunes, desperate lovers, loads of action, and a bad guy you’re going to love to hate” (The Seattle Times). See it live on stage May 3–17 at McCaw Hall. | Seattle Opera

Puccini’s Tosca, based on Sardou’s 1887 play La Tosca, is set in Rome in June 1800. A romantic and dramatic score, it tells a tale of love, jealousy, and betrayal as Floria Tosca struggles to save her lover from the ruthless police chief Scarpia. The work contains some of the most iconic and recognisable pieces in opera, and is full of musical motifs, representing different characters and ideas throughout the story. 📹 “Vissi d’arte” - Angela Gheorghiu, Royal Ballet and Opera | Decca Classics