OPERA

Experience the beloved American soprano perform arias by Puccini and Massenet to selections by Handel and Korngold from the intimate music salon of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C.

Watch Maria Callas' stellar performance of the heartwrenching and classic Tosca aria "Vissi d'Arte." Antonio Pappano, Music Director of the Royal Opera House in London, speaks on the state of Callas' voice and life.

Antonio Pappano discusses the power and impact of Act II of Puccini's "Tosca" and how opera is about more than a singer's voice.

Explore the legacy of superstar Maria Callas in this documentary detailing her 1964 comeback at London’s Royal Opera House in “Tosca,” featuring insights from fans including Rufus Wainwright and opera stars Thomas Hampson and Kristine Opolais.

Elisabetta (Elza van den Heever) sings of the revenge she will take on Maria Stuarda.

Joyce DiDonato (Mary), Elza van den Heever (Elizabeth), and Matthew Polenzani (Leciester) perform the Act I finale.

Joyce DiDonato emotionally performs Mary's prayers from Act II of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda."

In the beginning of Puccini's classic, Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) seduces her artist lover Cavaradossi (Vittorio Grigolo).

Watch Sonya Yoncheva sing the title character’s Act II aria, the classic "Vissi d'arte," as she thinks of her lover and their fate.

Sir David McVicar’s new production of Puccini’s classic stars Sonya Yoncheva, Vittorio Grigolo and Željko Lučić. Opera diva Tosca must rescue her revolutionary lover Cavaradossi from the depraved police chief Scarpia. Isabel Leonard hosts.