Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Libretto
(the composer's
working copy)
Tosca. Di Victorien
Sardou, Giuseppe
Giacosa e Luigi Illica.
Musica di Giacomo
Puccini. Vol. I:
facsimile della copia di
lavoro del libretto. Vol.
II: trascrizione e
commento. Edizione e
commento a cura di
Gabriella Biagi
Ravenni.
Centro Studi Giacomo
Puccini - Testi e
documenti, 2.
Florence, 2009.
23 x 33 cm,
2 volumes: 140;
xlii, 140 pp.
978 88 222 5862 5
$190
1858-1924
The complete text of the
libretto of Tosca, with
additions, corrections,
glosses, page proof
fragments, musical sketches,
and sketches of stage
settings. Illica, Giacosa,
Ricordi and Puccini worked
together on Tosca and
established an intense
professional relationship,
which is brilliantly
reconstructed in this welldocumented volume. A
fascinating insight into the
creative process and a
detailed description of the
genesis of Tosca.
Handsome paper covers
after the original.
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