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Tosca's Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective Paperback - 2002
by Susan VanDiver Nicassio
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In Tosca's Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera, Tosca-a timeless tale of love, lust, and politics. For this paperback edition, Nicassio has added an appendix analyzing recently discovered working papers for the libretto.
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- Title Tosca's Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective
- Author Susan VanDiver Nicassio
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 356
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Usa
- Date 2002-01-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780226579726 / 0226579727
- Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.07 x 0.86 in (22.86 x 15.42 x 2.18 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Library of Congress subjects Rome (Italy) - In literature, Rome (Italy) - History - 1798-1870
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002284106
- Dewey Decimal Code 945.632
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. xix, 343 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, Tosca is one of the most popular operas ever written. In Tosca's Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini's opera and the play by Victorien Sardou on which it is based. By far the most 'historical' opera in the active repertoire, Tosca is set in a very specific time and place: Rome, from June 17 to 18, 1800. But as Nicassio demonstrates, history in Tosca is distorted by nationalism and by the vehement anticlerical perceptions of papal Rome shared by Sardou, Puccini, and the librettists. To provide the historical background necessary for understanding Tosca, Nicassio takes a detailed look at Rome in 1800 as each of Tosca's main characters would have seen it--the painter Cavaradossi, the singer Tosca, and the policeman Scarpia. Finally, she provides a…
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