Tosca's prism : three moments of western cultural history

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Tosca's prism : three moments of western cultural history

edited by Deborah Burton, Susan Vandiver Nicassio, and Agostino Ziino

Northeastern University Press, c2004

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Proceedings of a conference, Tosca 2000, which took place in Rome at the Teatro dell'Opera

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900, is one of the most popular operas in the repertory. Based on Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, the enduring tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics takes place in the specific setting and time of the Eternal City in June 1800, and draws on the historical events following the fall of the Roman republic. In this extraordinary collection, distinguished musicologists, historians, theater professionals, and luminaries of the operatic stage reflect on three diverse moments of European history - 1800, 1900, 2000 - through the refracting prism of Puccini's Tosca, providing multidimensional images of each period from a wide range of perspectives.

Table of Contents

  • Part One - c.1800
  • The Napoleonic Legacy in Italy (Alexander Grab, University of Maine)
  • The Live and Times of Domenico Puccini (Herbert Handt, Lucca Music Association)
  • The Roman Republic of 1798-99 (Marina Formica, University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
  • Part Two - c.1900
  • From One Tosca to Another (Eugen Weber, University of California at Los Angeles)
  • Victorien Sardou and the Legend of Marengo (William Laird Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Purdue University)
  • The Two Toscas (Julian Budden)
  • Fiction Reality: Musical and Literary Imagery in Sardou's and Puccini's Tosca (Dieter Schickling, Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini, Lucca)
  • The Political and Cultural Worlds of Puccini's Tosca: Anti-clericalism in Italy at the Turn of the Century (John Anthony Davis, University of Connecticut)
  • Tosca Act II and the Secret Identity of F sharp (Deborah Burton)
  • Guide-Themes and "Reminiscences" in Puccini's Tosca (Marcello Conati, Verdi Institute)
  • "Ci sara talamo guizzante gondola": New Sources for the History of the Tosca Libretto (Pier Giuseppe Gillio, Conservatory of Novara)
  • Puccini's Music in the Theoretical Italian Literature of its Day (Giorgio Sanguinetti, University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
  • Part Three - c.2000
  • The Eternal Politics of Tosca (Susan Vandiver Nicassio)
  • Tosca: Bivalent Harmony and Vocal Calculations (Not Respected) (Alfredo Mandelli, Comitato per il Teatro de Lecco)
  • "Who is Tosca?": A Discussion among Modern Interpreters (William Weaver, Bard College
  • Magda Olivero
  • Giuseppe di Stefano
  • Luigi Squarzina, Universities of Bologna and Rome
  • and Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Teatro San Carlo)

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