Part I
Opera: Tosca. Premiered on 14 January 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome
Composer: Giacomo Puccini. Italian libretto: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Musical styles: melodramatic, verismo (naturalistic, sometimes violent depiction of life), realistic, violent, through-composed (continuous music stream, without division into pieces).
Part II
Tosca is one of the best works of the composer Giacomo Puccini and one of the most brilliant operas of all times. Based on a successful French play by Victorien Sardou, it was converted into an opera to conquer the hearts of many generations all over the world.
In his opera Giacomo Puccini moves away from the ...
