Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of It
The following year, G. Ricordi, the publisher of Puccini's operas, sued all parties associated with the song, arguing that the melody was lifted from "E lucevan le stelle". Puccini and his publisher prevailed in the case and were awarded $25,000 in damages and all future royalties for the song.
La Tosca is a five-act drama by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou.It was first performed on 24 November 1887 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role.
Tosca is a 2001 musical drama film written and directed by Benoît Jacquot, closely based on the 1900 opera Tosca with music by Giacomo Puccini and an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based in turn on the 1887 play by Victorien Sardou.
Victorien Sardou (play) Produced by: Giulio Fiaschi Carmine Gallone Guido Luzzatto Manlio Morelli: Starring: Franca Duval Franco Corelli Vito De Taranto Afro Poli: Cinematography: Giuseppe Rotunno: Edited by: Niccolò Lazzari: Music by: Giacomo Puccini (opera)
The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) is regarded as the natural successor to the tradition of Giuseppe Verdi and is considered the greatest Italian opera proponent of his time. Best known for his 12 operas , his style quickly departed from the predominant Romantic Italian style and he emerged as the most significant representative ...
This is a discography of Tosca, an opera by Giacomo Puccini. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. Tosca has been one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a nearly complete acoustical recording in 1918.
Pages in category "Arias by Giacomo Puccini" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Ch'ella mi creda;