Opera Review: The Met’s Tosca Is Afraid of Its Own Past

Welcome to Operaland, where a brand-new production evokes nostalgia for a 33-year-old forerunner, where singers compete with the memory of long-dead predecessors, and the spirit of a disgraced genius haunts the hall. Zeffirelli, Callas, Pavarotti, Levine -- these old names cling to the Metropolitan Opera's new Tosca, directed by David ... More