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English National Opera Guide : Puccini : Tosca (1982)

by English National Opera, Giuseppe Giacosa (libretto), Luigi Illica (libretto), Nicholas John (Series Editor), Victorien Sardou (original play)

Other authors: Bernard Keeffe (Contributor), Edmund Tracey (Translator), Bernard Williams (Contributor), Stuart Woolfe (Contributor)

Series: English National Opera Guide (16)

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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.… (more)
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English National Operaprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Giacosa, Giuseppelibrettomain authorall editionsconfirmed
Illica, Luigilibrettomain authorall editionsconfirmed
John, NicholasSeries Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Sardou, Victorienoriginal playmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Keeffe, BernardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tracey, EdmundTranslatorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Williams, BernardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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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.

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