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Giacomo Puccini: Tosca / Mosco Carner

Av:

Carner, Mosco

Serie: Cambridge opera handbooksUtgivning: Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985Beskrivning: 165 s. : ill., musiknoterISBN:

0-521-22824-7 (inb.)
0-521-29661-7 (hft.)

Ämne:

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca

DDK-klassifikation:

782.10924

SAB-klassifikation:

Ijra

Innehåll:

1. Sardou and his La Tosca ; 2. Naturalism in opera: verismo ; 3. Genesis of Tosca ; 4. Synopsis ; 5. Play and opera: a comparison ; 6. First production and critical history ; 7. Interpretation: some reflections / Tito Gobbi ; 8. Style and technique ; 9. Musical and dramatic structure ; 10. Analysis: Act I in perspective / Roger Parker ; 11. Tosca in the United States / William Ashbrook ; Notes ; Select bibliography ; Discography / Malcolm Walker ; Index

Ämne: This book is intended primarily as a guide for the opera goer. It includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of the opera, Tosca being a typical example of Italian naturalism in operas, verismo. It compares Puccini's libretto with Sardou's play La Tosca, analyses the close-knit structure of the work and examines salient points in the music. It also describes the genesis of the work (quoting wherever appropriate, Puccini's own remarks about it), its first production and early reception. A subsidiary aim of the book is to present the opinions, positive and negative, that have been expressed by various critics about the opera since its first production in 1900. There are contributions from the celebrated singer and producer of Tosca Tito Gobbi, and two other musicologists, Roger Parker and William Ashbrook. Malcolm Walker has provided a discography.Anmärkning bestånd: C11.340 | reprinted 1993

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A	C11.340	1	Checked out	2025-08-06	26201821497

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Bibliography: p. 158.

"Discography by Malcolm Walker": p. 159-161.

This book is intended primarily as a guide for the opera goer. It includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of the opera, Tosca being a typical example of Italian naturalism in operas, verismo. It compares Puccini's libretto with Sardou's play La Tosca, analyses the close-knit structure of the work and examines salient points in the music. It also describes the genesis of the work (quoting wherever appropriate, Puccini's own remarks about it), its first production and early reception. A subsidiary aim of the book is to present the opinions, positive and negative, that have been expressed by various critics about the opera since its first production in 1900. There are contributions from the celebrated singer and producer of Tosca Tito Gobbi, and two other musicologists, Roger Parker and William Ashbrook. Malcolm Walker has provided a discography.