Positive Story: Good News in History, January 14 | Good News Today
Positive Story: Good News in History, January 14 | Good News Today Why this story matters: While challenges remain, stories like this demonstrate that constructive action can make a real difference. Quick summary: This story highlights recent developments related to this day in history, showing how constructive action can lead to meaningful results. 126 years ago today, Tosca debuted in Rome. A mainstay on opera calendars around the world, Giacomo Puccini’s enduring tale of feminine resilience and defiance in the face of corruption has featured some of the best-known singers in the art. Puccini’s arias in Tosca are some of his finest, and The Three Tenors often featured E Lucevan le stelle (And the stars shone) in their concerts. The story was originally written by a successful French playwright and Puccini felt it was born to be sung. In May of 1887, he wrote to his publisher begging to get the rights to make it into an opera, writing “I see in this Tosca the opera I need, with no overblown proportions, no elaborate spectacle, nor will it call for the…