Happy 76th Birthday to the Great Opera Diva #LeonaMitchell! Yesterday, we celebrated the legendary Luciano Pavarotti — and today, we honor another icon of the operatic world, the magnificent Leona Mitchell, as she turns 76. A voice of radiant warmth and emotional depth, Mitchell has graced the world’s greatest stages, leaving audiences spellbound with her artistry and grace. Here she is, alongside the great Pavarotti, in a breathtaking excerpt from #Puccini’s #Tosca — a timeless moment of operat

In the final scene of David McVicar’s thrilling production of Puccini’s Tosca, the title character leaps off the parapet of the iconic Castel Sant’Angelo after realizing that Cavaradossi’s execution was real. Last week, we went behind the scenes with sopranos Angela Gheorghiu and Liudmyla Monastyrska to rehearse this dramatic conclusion. Gheorghiu takes the stage tomorrow, April 8, and Wednesday, April 12, and Monastyrska returns to the stage Saturday, April 15, for the final performance this se

Maestro Pavarotti sings this short romanza, "Recondita armonia", and channels the character of Cavaradossi, who compares his love, Tosca, to the portrait he is painting 🎨 | Luciano Pavarotti