It’s perhaps because Puccini is the master of operatic pathos that Tosca has proved so hard for people to get a handle on.
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The Royal Opera’s Sir Antonio Pappano considers the question of booing at the opera.
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Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
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