Tosca: Libretto, in English and Italian: (English National Opera Guide Series #16)

by Puccini, Nicholas John, Giuseppe Giacosa, Edmund Tracey, Luigi Illica

Overview

Here is one of Puccini's greatest hits, in an affordable version for complete orchestra. This story of love, art and death in Rome during the Napoleonic wars is today considered a classic for such arias as "Vissi d'arte" (I lived for art; I lived for love), but at its premiere in 1900 it was denounced as "a shabby little shocker," for things like Baron Scarpia's lechery and Tosca's termination of him with extreme prejudice. Be aware that Dover's scores are reprints from other companies that are now out of copyright; that means that they're older versions, and lack such amenities as English translations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714537726
Publisher:	Oneworld Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1982
Series:	English National Opera Guides Series , #16
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

Editorial Reviews

"Brilliantly produced and superb value."  —Sunday Times

"All these will provide the new operagoer with food for thought."  —Daily Telegraph

"Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series."  —TLS

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