You've heard of Puccini's great romantic thriller, but what is Tosca all about? Here's everything you need to know about this gripping masterpiece in just one minute. Catch Tosca at Sydney Opera House before it ends this Saturday: https://bit.ly/368GRE3 | Opera Australia

Giacomo Puccini's timeless opera, Tosca, opens this Saturday in a classic production you won't want to miss. Two lovers are thwarted by the power-hungry Scarpia, and the fiery prima donna Tosca is pushed past sanity. When her only hope for freedom means submitting to the evil Baron’s lecherous desires, she takes matters into her own hands to save herself and her beloved Cavaradossi. Tosca opens May 3 and runs through May 17, with audio description on May 11. Get tickets at seattleopera.org/tosca

Puccini’s Tosca returns to the stage next week! Sopranos Liudmyla Monastyrska and Angela Gheorghiu trade off as opera’s ultimate diva, starring alongside tenor Matthew Polenzani as her revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and baritone Željko Lučić as the malevolent Scarpia. Maestro Domingo Hindoyan leads David McVicar’s charged staging. On stage March 30–April 15: bit.ly/3HG2Chb | The Metropolitan Opera

Returning to one of her signature roles, soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is poised to star as the fiery title diva of Puccini’s Tosca next week. In this scene from the 2018 revival, hear the stellar soprano sing Tosca’s Act II aria, “Vissi d’arte,” contemplating her fate at the hands of the villainous Baron Scarpia. Opens December 2: bit.ly/3ggoqDu | The Metropolitan Opera

Enjoy Puccini’s operatic thriller of love, lust, politics, and murder in a captivating 2018 production of Tosca, recorded live from the Met stage. In Regal theatres August 4 only: https://regmovi.es/3fdRnPR | Regal