Tosca

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" kicks off the festival season at the Herodes Atticus Odeon (Dionysiou Aeropagitou).

Luigi Cherubini's "Medea" provided the inspiration for the Greek National Opera's new bespoke candle, as the company prepares to stage the late 18th-century opera at the Stavros Niarchos Hall this spring.

Murat Karahan, a Turkish tenor and general manager of the State Opera and Ballet of Turkey, will be performing Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Tosca at Russia's Bolshoi Theater with opera stars Anna Netrebko and Placido Domingo.

The Athens and Thessaloniki concert halls are screenings the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Tosca" from New York at 7.55 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday respectively. Sir David McVicar's "smashing new production" (Huffington Post) features an exciting cast led by soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role of the fiery diva and Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Cavaradossi.

The Greek National Opera is offering 300 seats to unemployed people at Wednesday afternoon's dress rehearsal for its production of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca," at its state-of-the-art opera house at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens.

Acclaimed Greek director Nikos S. Petropoulos has always regarded Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" as a highly cinematic opera that could be seen as the precursor to the moving picture. In his production for the Greek National Opera, the setting is Rome in World War II, focusing on the element of violence and sadism.

Giacomo Puccini’s famous opera, “Tosca” took place in the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, within the framework of the Athens Festival, on Sunday June 14th, 2015. The musical direction was led by Loukas Karytinos and Hugo de Ana was responsible for the direction, stage sets, and costumes.