Displaying 1 of 1 2001 Summary: A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, Tosca is one of the most popular operas ever written. In Tosca's Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini's opera and the play by Victorien Sardou on which it is based. Format: Book Author: Nicassio, Susan Vandiver. Title: Tosca's Rome : the play and the opera in historical perspective. / Susan Vandiver Nicassio. Edition: Pbk. ed. Publisher, Date: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2001. Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, [1999] ©1999. Description: xix, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Subjects: Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908. Tosca. Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. Church and state -- Italy -- Rome -- History. Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1798-1870. Rome (Italy) -- In literature. Notes: "With a new Appendix." Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-329) and index. Contents: List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Historico-topographico-panoramic Inexactitudes2. Sede Vacante: Rome without a Pope3. The Painter's Rome4. The Singer's Rome5. The Policeman's Rome6. Act One7. Entr'Act8. Act Two9. Act ThreeAppendix 1: Sardou's La Tosca and Puccini's ToscaAppendix 2: Libretto-makingAppendix 3: Entertainments in RomeNotesBibliographyIndex Web Site: Publisher description Contributor biographical information Table of contents LCCN: rp185 ISBN: 0226579727 (pbk.) 0226579719 (cloth) 9780226579726 9780226579719 9780226579719 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
