Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

(Part of the Cambridge Opera Handbooks Series)

by Mosco Carner

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This book is intended primarily as a guide for the opera goer. It includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of the opera, Tosca being a typical example of Italian naturalism in operas, verismo. It compares Puccini's libretto with Sardou's play La Tosca, analyses the close-knit structure of the work and examines salient points in the music. It also describes the genesis of the work...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521296617

ISBN13:9780521296618

Release Date:September 1985

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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