Lebanese-Polish conductor Bassem Akiki sensitively leads the Morphing Chamber Orchestra through Kurzak’s eclectic program, composed of 13 works that made Falcon famous.

She collaborated well with soprano Aleksandra Kurzak to deliver a nuanced portrait of the opera’s larger-than-life character.

This season's premiere of Met Opera's "Tosca" features Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, in the titular role, marking her 100th Met performance. Her Met debut was in 2004 as Olympia in Offenbach's ...

Aleksandra Kurzak and SeokJong Baek star in Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera Tosca returned to the Met on Wednesday evening capping off a trio of performances ...

Soprano Aleksandra Kurzak has been nominated in the Female Singer category, while tenor Piotr Beczała is on the shortlist for the Opera Magazine Readers’ Award.

And the late Anthony Minghella’s astonishing production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly returns to the Met Opera, with Aleksandra Kurzak, Eleonora Buratto and Asmik Grigorian as Cio-Cio-San.

Kurzak was well-partnered with Matthew Polenzani who, in another Met role debut, brought an easy-going arrogance to the callous character of Pinkerton. His robust tenor was bright at the top and well ...

Though she has sung the part elsewhere – most recently at the Arena di Verona – this was Kurzak’s first time taking it on at the Met, and she triumphed, creating a completely convincing portrayal, ...

His cheated lover Santuzza, incidentally, was also beautifully played by Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, who is Alagna's wife in real life.

The lead couple in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana are the real-life husband-and-wife team of Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna.

It must surely help that Aleksandra Kurzak and Roberto Alagna are man and wife in real life, but their onstage incarnation of the boiling relationship between the wronged Santuzza and her amorous ...