![]() The title characters in “Tosca” and “Adriana Lecouvreur” are performers – one a singer, the other an actress. And who knows? She just might put new life into the old warhorse. Opera lovers often find themselves being compelled to see another “Tosca” or “Adriana Lecouvreur,” not because they like those two operas very much, but because it’s worth seeing a new diva take on the title role. ![]() Renée Fleming, Joyce DiDonato and Kelli O’Hara take over here for, respectively, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore in the 2002 film version based on the 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham. ![]() Not only has it been written for a diva, the show is about a diva – and in this case, three of them. ![]() The new opera “The Hours” is wonderful in the most old-fashioned kind of way. “Wonderful” is a word that Clarissa Vaughan says a lot, even though her close friend Richard tells her it is one he has never put in one of his poems. ![]()
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