Written in the style of novelist Dan Brown and using actual quotations from Puccini’s letters and... more Written in the style of novelist Dan Brown and using actual quotations from Puccini’s letters and other documents, the author creates the characters Prof. Segugio and her assistant Christie Hunter who explore Puccini’s compositional practices in the unfinished opera Turandot. They work toward solving the riddles of Puccini’s technique—parallel constructions, abrupt changes in texture and style, a sense of tonal coherence in polytonal or atonal settings—by reading contemporary and modern critics and by closely examining the scores. Dr. Segugio ultimately sorts Puccini’s unusual techniques into two compositional types: direct and indirect conflation, two forms of layering that combine to create a score with a diatonic basis and modernistic elements added. Documentary evidence supporting these conclusions is found in an unpublished note by the composer, at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book Library, and in a rare sketch for Turandot’s finale with written indications by the composer.
Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. ... more Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. By Christopher Morris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 219 + xipp. ... "Pentimento" (literally "remorse" or "repentance") is the par tial reappearance on a canvas ...
Publikationsansicht. 5689558. An analysis of Puccini's Tosca : a heuristic approach to t... more Publikationsansicht. 5689558. An analysis of Puccini's Tosca : a heuristic approach to the unifying elements of the opera / (1995). Burton, Deborah Ellen. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1995.. Photocopy.. Includes ...
Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. ... more Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. By Christopher Morris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 219 + xipp. ... "Pentimento" (literally "remorse" or "repentance") is the par tial reappearance on a canvas ...
The cornucopia of literature available on Mozart's operas makes a many-coursed banquets... more The cornucopia of literature available on Mozart's operas makes a many-coursed banquetsome might say a groaning boardfor the interested reader. David Cairns, in his new book, admits as much in his first sentence: "Another book on Mozart and his operas may ...
This article will focus on three aspects of the opera's birth which have needed some cla... more This article will focus on three aspects of the opera's birth which have needed some clarification: how the composing rights for Tosca passed from Puccini to Alberto Franchetti1 in 1894; how Puccini reclaimed them the next year; and how the publisher Giulio Ricordi ...
Tosca dependence has a peculiar side effect: the desire to make the opera "realer&am... more Tosca dependence has a peculiar side effect: the desire to make the opera "realer" than realistic, more vera than veristic. Nicassio's opus accomplishes this by tracking down the facts behind every detail of the plot. But she is not alone in this endeavor. Take the case of Tito ...
In the libretto for the opera Tosca, the character of Scarpia is not outfitted with description m... more In the libretto for the opera Tosca, the character of Scarpia is not outfitted with description much beyond his title as Chief of Police, and Cavaradossi's furious account of his evils: a "bigoted satyr who uses devoutness to hide his libertine lust and, to implement his lascivious talent, acts ...
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900, is one of the most popular... more Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900, is one of the most popular operas in the repertory. Based on Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, the enduring tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics takes place in the specific setting and time or the Eternal City in ...
Written in the style of novelist Dan Brown and using actual quotations from Puccini’s letters and... more Written in the style of novelist Dan Brown and using actual quotations from Puccini’s letters and other documents, the author creates the characters Prof. Segugio and her assistant Christie Hunter who explore Puccini’s compositional practices in the unfinished opera Turandot. They work toward solving the riddles of Puccini’s technique—parallel constructions, abrupt changes in texture and style, a sense of tonal coherence in polytonal or atonal settings—by reading contemporary and modern critics and by closely examining the scores. Dr. Segugio ultimately sorts Puccini’s unusual techniques into two compositional types: direct and indirect conflation, two forms of layering that combine to create a score with a diatonic basis and modernistic elements added. Documentary evidence supporting these conclusions is found in an unpublished note by the composer, at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book Library, and in a rare sketch for Turandot’s finale with written indications by the composer.
Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. ... more Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. By Christopher Morris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 219 + xipp. ... "Pentimento" (literally "remorse" or "repentance") is the par tial reappearance on a canvas ...
Publikationsansicht. 5689558. An analysis of Puccini's Tosca : a heuristic approach to t... more Publikationsansicht. 5689558. An analysis of Puccini's Tosca : a heuristic approach to the unifying elements of the opera / (1995). Burton, Deborah Ellen. Abstract. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1995.. Photocopy.. Includes ...
Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. ... more Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg. By Christopher Morris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, 219 + xipp. ... "Pentimento" (literally "remorse" or "repentance") is the par tial reappearance on a canvas ...
The cornucopia of literature available on Mozart's operas makes a many-coursed banquets... more The cornucopia of literature available on Mozart's operas makes a many-coursed banquetsome might say a groaning boardfor the interested reader. David Cairns, in his new book, admits as much in his first sentence: "Another book on Mozart and his operas may ...
This article will focus on three aspects of the opera's birth which have needed some cla... more This article will focus on three aspects of the opera's birth which have needed some clarification: how the composing rights for Tosca passed from Puccini to Alberto Franchetti1 in 1894; how Puccini reclaimed them the next year; and how the publisher Giulio Ricordi ...
Tosca dependence has a peculiar side effect: the desire to make the opera "realer&am... more Tosca dependence has a peculiar side effect: the desire to make the opera "realer" than realistic, more vera than veristic. Nicassio's opus accomplishes this by tracking down the facts behind every detail of the plot. But she is not alone in this endeavor. Take the case of Tito ...
In the libretto for the opera Tosca, the character of Scarpia is not outfitted with description m... more In the libretto for the opera Tosca, the character of Scarpia is not outfitted with description much beyond his title as Chief of Police, and Cavaradossi's furious account of his evils: a "bigoted satyr who uses devoutness to hide his libertine lust and, to implement his lascivious talent, acts ...
Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900, is one of the most popular... more Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, which premiered in Rome in 1900, is one of the most popular operas in the repertory. Based on Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca, the enduring tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics takes place in the specific setting and time or the Eternal City in ...
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