Tosca's Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective

by Susan Vandiver Nicassio

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226579727
• ISBN13: 9780226579726
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"