#tosca

[leporellian]

tosca is the number one example imo of operas that are way better when seen in person. like every time i watch it on a video recording i’m like sure ok but every time i watch it in person it feels like this

[ariel-seagull-wings]

@princesssarisa

So since it has been Tosca day, I was discussing with @itsa-me-cavaradossi a review I read some time ago that mentioned how after Tosca says to Cavaradossi "falle gli occhi neri", he does actually paint the Maddalena's eyes black, and I asked her about her opinion on this staging detail. She replied that it would be difficult to competently paint over within the very few free bars of music in that moment, and I suggested that the tenors might just do it with two brushstrokes, like *plonk* *plonk*, but she pointed out that:

(yes, she did DM me this.)

And in response, she started dabbling with this *plonk plonk* idea, until she sent me this monstrosity, which I am obligated to subject to all my followers:

(here is the review that started it all, btw)

[platycerium-bifurcatum]

this time i wanted to do christine in some cool soprano roles? Because i love her so much

I know my Christines aren’t really consistent but we gotta believe in our hearts thats our girl christine ok yall

[saintlyspirits]

MARIA CALLAS as Floria Tosca in Puccini's Tosca, 1953

[stoportotouch]

scarpia having one foot in the grave and the other in a bdsm dungeon is how i think he should be portrayed.

[issela-santina]

Tosca is really that one story where you can clearly see a delineation between prima donna (i.e.? Tosca and Scarpia) and drama queen (Angelotti and Cavaradossi)

[broadwaydivastournament]

PBS' Great Performances currently has the pro-shot "Next To Normal" available to stream through the PBS app or website, just thought you might like to know and spread the word. Also, while people are at it they should support PBS since it's under attack by the current administration.

This is true, and I won't get into why I was desperate for this production to transfer to Broadway in the fall because it has nothing to do with the production itself and everything to do with what it would mean for another revival's casting. But I digress.

Next to Normal is currently streaming on PBS through 6/30/2025. It is the first of several shows to be airing in May. It was filmed in the West End and stars Caissie Levy in a heavily modified/censored presentation (specifically done for the broadcast).

Yellow Face premieres this Friday, May 16, 2025. Daniel Dae Kim stars as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. Kim is nominated for a Tony this season and is the first AAPI actor in his category to have this honor.

On May 18, Tosca with Lise Davidsen and Freddie De Tommaso will premiere. This is a Met Opera production and was first filmed as part of the opera's Live in HD series.

Girl from the North Country premieres on May 23. This proshot was filmed in April 2022 (I was there). The production opened and closed on Broadway three times due to pandemic-related reasons. It stars Mare Winningham, Luba Mason, Jeannette Bayardelle, and many others.

Another West End show, Kiss Me, Kate starring Stephanie J. Block and Adrian Dunbar premieres May 30. This production was directed by Bartlett Sher and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast, and ran in the West End last summer.

Recently, the current administration head has signed an executive order “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS." A reminder that executive orders are NOT policy in and of themselves. That's not how any of this works. However, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting said last week that the Department of Education has ended a federal grant that would have funded vital children's programs.

PBS and NPR have stated that they will be fighting these orders in court. At this time, please support these services in any way you can, including just by watching their programming. A demonstrated interest and "value" is imperative.

[shredsandpatches]

The other day I read about a production of Tosca where due to a backstage mishap the soprano couldn't find the prop knife in time and ended up killing Scarpia with a fork and now I really want to see a production do that on purpose

[beckmessering]

one of the things that kind of emotionally breaks me about tosca is that the first time we see tosca & cavaradossi is also the only time we will ever see them happy until the end of their lives. it’s the last time they’ll ever be happy & they don’t know it yet. they’ve been singled out for tragedy and it will crash over them like a wave that approaches too fast and pulls anything under. we can see the approaching lights in the distance & they can’t. go, be happy, my artist couple, rib and tease each other one last time. you’ll never do it again. it’s the only time i will see you laugh, so let me see you happy just once.

[djkerr]

Christine Baranski 👑 spotted at The Metropolitan Opera House performance of Puccini's Tosca.

📷 @rcallahanphoto | @lastnightatthemet via IG

(November 12, 2024)

[rayatii]

My entry for the @operablr-secret-santa event, for my dear friend @itsa-me-cavaradossi! I hope you like this!

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

PLEASE THIS IS SO OUT OF POCKET

(also happy leap day!)

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Souvenir postcards depicting scenes from Tosca by Leopoldo Metlicovitz (originally set of 12) (1899-1900)

via ansichtskartenversand.com // themorgan.org // ansichtskartenversand.com // ansichtskartenversand.com

[smallpoxlarry]

callas drawing from... sometime last month.

[issela-santina]

[act 3 dress rehearsal ends. the lights go out and all actors exit]

Cavaradossi: (—°o°)—

me: [starts wheezing]

Cavaradossi: I'm alive!! I'm a zombie

me, internally: fan fiction. Tosca learns necromancy and revives Cavaradossi who comes back wrong

[operaqueen]

Maria Callas