Book contents
- Frontmatter
- General preface
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- 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
- 8 Style and technique
- 9 Musical and dramatic structure
- 10 Analysis: Act I in perspective
- 11 Tosca in the United States
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Discography by Malcolm Walker
- Index
Discography by Malcolm Walker
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- General preface
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- 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
- 8 Style and technique
- 9 Musical and dramatic structure
- 10 Analysis: Act I in perspective
- 11 Tosca in the United States
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Discography by Malcolm Walker
- Index
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- Giacomo Puccini: Tosca , pp. 159 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1985