The dawn of the 1800s saw a Rome in turmoil. Napoleon Bonaparte spun a soured campaign in Egypt into a public relations success story, securing his legacy as a folk hero and launching a coup d'etat which placed him in the position of First Consul of France. Tosca, penned by the famously apolitical Giacomo Puccini […] The post A Dramatic 'Tosca' Mesmerizes, Enchants at the Virginia Opera appeared first on DC Metro T…
