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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou 's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples 's ...
Tosca, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome on January 14, 1900. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou’s popular play La Tosca (1887), the opera is about political.
Melodrama in three acts to a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, from the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou. First performance: Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 14 January 1900. On 14 February, 1889 (a few months before the debut of Edgar), Puccini, together with the librettist Ferdinando Fontana, attended a performance of La Tosca by ...
Aug 5, 2017 · 20. Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) SETTING: Rome; June 1800. Tosca is one of a half-dozen operas that everyone knows: the one where an opera singer (performed by an opera singer) performs “Vissi d’arte”, and knifes an over-enthusiastic admirer.
Just over a year after its world premiere in Rome, Puccini’s Tosca had its first performance in the United States at the Met on February 2, 1901. It was in the same season that La Bohème made its Met debut, and again critical reception was surprisingly reserved.
Jan 14, 2018 · First premiering on January 14, 1900 at Rome’s Teatro Costanzi, “Tosca” is one of opera’s most popular works. Adapted from Victorien Sardou’s play, “La Tosca,” by Giacomo Puccini and librettist Luigi Illica, the opera has seen countless productions worldwide since its premiere.
The Met has presented nearly 1,000 performances of Puccini’s Tosca, starting with the work’s U.S. premiere in 1901. Since then, the opera has appeared in only six productions—but all of them featured some of the greatest singers of their generations.
