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A Philological 'Tosca'
GIUSEPPE PENNISI reports from Rome
Tosca needs no introduction. The opera is one of Giacomo Puccini's war horses as well as one of the most performed music dramas worldwide. Indeed, Tosca is the first Italian music drama. The date of its debut in the Rome Opera House, 14 January 1900, is considered as the turning point in Italian music — the real start of the musical twentieth century...
Copyright © 8 March 2015
Giuseppe Pennisi,
Rome, Italy
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