All Senior students in Columbia College and College of Engineering are eligible to register for the Urban NY lottery for a chance to win a FREE ticket to see Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera! The lottery opens for registration on January 29 at 12:00 p.m. through February 7 at 12:00 p.m.Please see the Urban NY website to register, an event list, and details about the Urban NY program. Puccini’s melodrama about a volatile diva, a sadistic police chief, and an idealistic artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century. Critics, for their part, have often had problems with Tosca’s rather grungy subject matter, the directness and intensity of its score, and the crowd-pleasing dramatic opportunities it provides for its lead roles. But these same aspects have made Tosca one of a handful of iconic works that seem to represent opera in the public imagination. Tosca’s popularity is further secured by a superb and exhilarating dramatic sweep, a driving score of abundant melody and theatrical shrewdness, and a career-defining title role.