The searing emotional wallop of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” marked the opening of Maestro Victor DeRenzi’s 40th Winter Season with the Sarasota Opera. The hallmark of productions under his guidance has ...
A violent and crass triple stab of brass killed the gaiety. A man in black marched through the pews. As light licked his jowls, the police chief Scarpia, played by Bryn Terfel, revealed himself to the ...