Dove si trasferisce Puccini?
Dove si trasferisce Puccini?
Torre del Lago Nel 1891 la famiglia Puccini si trasferisce per l'estate a Torre del Lago, luogo ideale per la caccia e per l'ispirazione musicale. Puccini ne fece il suo rifugio: “Torre del Lago, Gaudio supremo, paradiso, eden empireo, turris eburnea, vas spirituale, reggia…. abitanti 120, 12 case…”
Who was composer of opera Tosca?
- 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 Janu. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou’s popular play La Tosca (1887), the opera is about political intrigue and romance in the days of the Napoleonic wars.
What is the setting of Puccini's La Tosca?
- 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 control of Rome threatened by Napoleon 's invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder, and suicide, as well as some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias.
Who wrote the libretto for Puccini's Tosca?
- Illica wrote a libretto for Franchetti, who was never at ease with the assignment. When Puccini once again became interested in Tosca, Ricordi was able to get Franchetti to surrender the rights so he could recommission Puccini. One story relates that Ricordi convinced Franchetti that the work was too violent to be successfully staged.
What is the history of Tosca?
- See Article History. 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 Janu.
