LEADER 02358nam 22004572 450 001 996248277803316 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a0-511-62004-7 035 $a(CKB)2610000000002398 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000333270 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333270 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10355102 035 $a(PQKB)11322502 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4641292 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511620041 035 $a(EXLCZ)992610000000002398 100 $a20090916d1985|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGiacomo Puccini, Tosca /$fMosco Carner$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1985. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 165 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge opera handbooks 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-29661-7 311 $a0-521-22824-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, discography and index. 330 $aThis book is intended primarily as a guide for the opera goer. It includes a synopsis of the plot, with indications of the themes and motifs used in it, and discusses the style of the opera, Tosca being a typical example of Italian naturalism in operas, verismo. It compares Puccini's libretto with Sardou's play La Tosca, analyses the close-knit structure of the work and examines salient points in the music. It also describes the genesis of the work (quoting wherever appropriate, Puccini's own remarks about it), its first production and early reception. A subsidiary aim of the book is to present the opinions, positive and negative, that have been expressed by various critics about the opera since its first production in 1900. There are contributions from the celebrated singer and producer of Tosca Tito Gobbi, and two other musicologists, Roger Parker and William Ashbrook. Malcolm Walker has provided a discography. 410 0$aCambridge opera handbooks. 676 $a782.1/092/4 700 $aCarner$b Mosco$0529956 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248277803316 996 $aGiacomo Puccini, Tosca$92414564 997 $aUNISA