Austin Opera Races Back Into Live Performance With Tosca at Circuit of the Americas

The company brings grand opera to the Grand Prix with an outdoor staging of Puccini's powerhouse

"...when it came to the third production, Puccini's powerhouse Tosca, "we were stubborn," says AO general director and CEO..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tosca

Austin Lyric Opera brought all the power in Puccini's opera to bear in a staging that pitted heaven against hell

"...ToscaDell Hall at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Feb...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Tosca: Indie Rock's Orchestra

"...Voxtrot frontman Ramesh Srivastava about the four professionals in Tosca String Quartet. After recording a track for the band's..."

May 18, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Luv Doc Recommends: New Year’s Eve with K-Tel Hit Machine and Tosca Strings

Playland Skate Center, Sunday, December 31, 2006

"...party at Playland featuring the K-Tel Hit Machine and Tosca Strings covering tunes from the Electric Light Orchestra. Skating..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Giving Up the Gun

Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij hits the Fusebox Festival with strings attached

"...at the Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz with the Tosca String Quartet, which premieres new works by Golden Hornet..."

April 26, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Exhibitionism

The Suida Manning Collection: the Renaissance Is Here

"...--Sam Martin TOSCA: ROMAN SUNRISE..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Review

String Theory

Do-It-Yourself Symphony

"...included many Golden Arm Trio veterans along with the Tosca String Quartet, an offshoot of tango ensemble Tosca that..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Golden Arm Symphony

Unraveling the budding symphonic genius of Graham Reynolds

"...newly acquired sore spots to his girlfriend, and the Tosca String Quartet readies for its turn at center stage...."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

"...Bray at Stubb's, August 16. photograph by John Carrico TOSCA..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature

Eye to Eye

David Byrne gets sincere

"...a conspicuous concert, Byrne hired the string section from Tosca, Austin's award-winning tango ensemble...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by David Lynch

Tosca/Alberto & Yasmin The Ritz/El Sol y la Luna, January 4

"...Tosca/Alberto & YasminThe Ritz/El Sol y la Luna, January 4..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Kathryn Eader, The Secret Garden/Tosca/Merrily We Roll Along..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Chamber Music Center: Is that a bow in your pocket, or ... ?

For ACMC's next concert, Hot Enough for Ya, the aim is clear: Let's talk about sex

"...carry off its theme, the center has engaged Austin's Tosca String Quartet, which has shaped a unique and inventive..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

A Year in Local Music Crams Onto One Stage at the 2018/19 Austin Music Awards

Unique musical moments make for a night of fan-voted accolades

"...of a set helmed by his day-one collaborators, the Tosca String Quartet...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The New Rage

Voxtrot finally conquers the LP

"...Depeche Mode) and the beauty of Austin string quartet Tosca (see "Tosca: Indie Rock's Orchestra") has hardened Voxtrot for..."

May 18, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Dancing About Architecture

Tosca are no Slackers, Pong bounces back, the Dicks still hate the police, and Ken Lieck finds a new journalist pal in this week's "Dancing."

"...look toward the future, and he's doing that with Tosca along for the ride. The local string quartet has..."

July 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...13. Tosca..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...truckin' for Texas' rowdiest, raunchiest historical site. --Christopher Gray Tosca String Quartet Plays The Music Of Graham Reynolds And..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature

Rhythm is King

"...Next stop: Tosca, who are plying their exquisite melancholy in the ramshackle..."

June 25, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

Big Star 'Third' Concert

Honoring tragic 2010 non-SXSW headliner and Big Star guiding light Alex Chilton

"...more. The performance gets a local infusion through the Tosca String Quartet, who've been practicing along with the album..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Why Chamber Music?

For the folks who play it, it's the intimacy and democracy and unity and fun

"...Festival Fringe, and Ames Asbell, founding member of the Tosca String Quartet and a nationally renowned violist who has..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tosca String Quartet & Lambchop

SXSW showcase reviews

"...Tosca String Quartet & Lambchop..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

American Repertory Ensemble

Figuring dance and music to be great tastes that taste great together, American Repertory Ensemble aims to bring those art forms together in an organizational peanut butter cup

"...to Amsterdam and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival are the Tosca String Quartet, pianist Michelle Schumann, and 10 dancers from..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...Directed by: Kate Montgomery. Starring: Timothy Vahle, Mariana Tosca, Sam Vlahos, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheila Tousey, Rosalind Ayres,..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"..."The She-Wolves are my dream band: the Tosca string quartet with a string section," beams Hokkanen. "I'd..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Za vashe zdorov'ye, Shostakovich!

Fifteen local arts organizations work together to celebrate Shostakovich's 100th birthday

"...director, and Carol Vaness, who wowed the locals in Tosca, is back to tackle the role of Katerina. From..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tosca Amado

Texas Platters

"...ToscaAmado Hats off to Glover Gill. Not only is he..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

Austin Top Nines

Greg Beets

"...3. [tie] Tosca, La Furia del Tango/Tia Pamelita (Nois)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Music Feature

Jonathan Terrell, Too Rock & Roll for Country, Too Country for Rock & Roll

The inward-facing cowboy trims the fat and lets his second solo LP dictate itself

"...and Midland's Mark Wystrach all expanded the sound alongside Tosca Strings Quartet and Soul Supporters Lauren Cervantes and Angela..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Local Band Montopolis Scores a Multimedia Ode to the Texas Coast

Galveston (and you) will be blown away by this production

"...years," says Sherburn. "He's a vocalist who's worked with Tosca String Quartet. He worked with my wife Sarah on..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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