Tosca | His Majesty’s Theatre | til July 23 | ★ ★ ★ ½ Warning: This review contains mentions of suicide and sexual assault. First performed in 1900, Tosca, a three act opera was the fifth opera written by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. During an era when the western world was undergoing great social, technological, and […]
Tosca | His Majesty’s Theatre | Until Apr 8 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ It’s important to preface this review with the fact that this was my first opera. I have always been a little sceptical; worried that I may not understand the narrative, or that the classic format would be lost on someone raised on Japanese cartoons and […]
Paull-Anthony Keightley is deep in preparations for the WA Opera’s upcoming production of Puccini’s Tosca. The singer tells OUTinPerth that Tosca is a great starting point for people who’ve never experienced opera before. “It’s definitely one of Puccini’s masterpieces. It has all the typical elements of an opera and despite it mainly being a tragedy, […]
