Tosca
By: Giacomo Puccini ; text by Daniel S. Brink.
Contributors: Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.; Illica, Luigi, 1857-1919.; Giacosa, Giuseppe, 1847-1906.; Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908.
Series: Black Dog opera library; EMI classics
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; Distributed by Workman Pub.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Puccini, Giacomo, -- 1858-1924.; Operas -- Librettos.
Genres: Librettos.
Description: Contains the complete libretto in Italian and English, with annotations in English, and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer, biographies of the principal singers and conductor. The two companion CDs contain the complete opera sung in Italian.
Notes: "A guide to understanding and appreciating opera"--Cover.

Compact discs published: Los Angeles, Calif. : EMI Records, c1997.

Libretto written by by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on the play by Victorien Sardou.

Renata Scotto, soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; Renato Bruson, baritone ; other soloists ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; St. Clement Danes School Boys' Choir ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor.