Mears plays mostly by the Puccini/Giacosa/Illica rulebook of love and terror in totalitarian Rome - foolish the director who would throw the musically and ...

She came, she sang, she conquered. Having racked up precisely 70 years of Toscas, I can report that Anna Netrebko’s rendition of the great aria ‘Vissi d’arte’ was among the finest I have heard – and ...

Opera lovers arriving at Covent Garden this week for the start of the new season were greeted by Ukrainian flags and scores of picketing protesters. “While she sings, Ukraine bleeds,” read the ...

The new Tosca at Royal Opera marks the debut of Jakub Hrusa as music director but also the return of Anna Netrebko to the spotlight Anna Netrebko as Floria Tosco in Oliver Mears’ Tosca at Royal Opera ...

Eleven talented athletes from Roodebeeck’s Roodenation Majorettes have secured their spots at the Gauteng team, which will represent the province at the 2026 National Championships. The athletes ...

Oliver Mears’ new Tosca takes a serious new look at a familiar piece “This production includes depictions of executions, violence, blood, gore, murder, sexual assault, implied torture and suicide,” ...

Chloe Holladay is the Tennessee Titans' first majorette and the NFL's first featured twirler since 2002. The former University of Alabama Crimsonette has a significant social media presence with over ...

The St Dominic’s majorette team has once again showcased their dominance on the national stage, recently securing top honours in both the primary and senior school divisions at the 2025 SAMCA (South ...

Tosca was featured here in November 2024. He’d been grossly neglected by his previous owner, kept on a balcony with three other dogs — even in the dead of winter — and rarely receiving food. He was ...

LENOX — In a crash of drums and a blare of trumpets, Sir Bryn Terfel materialized behind the chorus of giddy Roman youth and, as the villainous police chief, Baron Scarpia, sent them fleeing with a ...

The field at Shelly Bay became a party on Saturday morning as the Eastern Zone Community Centre hosted an extravaganza of dance. The community turned out in force for the free No Competition ...

Tosca Musk is the CEO and co-founder of Passionflix. She chatted about directing and co-writing the new series “The Black Dagger Brotherhood,” which will premiere on June 5th on her streaming service ...