Tosca's Prism: Three Moments in Western Cultural History
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555536166 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Midwest Book Review said A classic tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics. Collabortively edited by Deborah Burton, Susan Vandiver Nicassio, and Agostino Ziino (all of whom are professors of music history and experts in their fields of academia), Tosca's Prism: Three Moments Of Western Cultural History is an anthology of scholarly essays by learned authors concerning the opera "La Tosca", a classic tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics which first premiered in 1900 and draws upon. Well written Nan Lee For the non opera lover, this book may provide your "in" to opera by offering extraordinary historical details of the history of Rome during French occupation under Napoleon. Great reference book.
Agostino Ziino is Professor of Music History at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata." Julian Budden is President of the Centro Studi Glacomo Puccini in Lucca and the author of Puccini: His Life and Works. Simonetta Puccini is President of the Instituto di Studi Pucciani in Milan. Susan Vandiver Nicassio is Associate Professor of
It provides a most valuable addition to the limited contemporary research on the music and times of Puccini." --The Opera Journal . "This collection possesses singular importance in the scholarly literature on Tosca with expert writers and insightful investigations
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.. 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. Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900, is one of the most popular operas in the repertory