Giacomo Puccini

Giuseppe Giacosa

Luigi Illica

Tosca

A Japanese Tragedy

Madam Butterfly

A Poetic Comedy in One Act

The Wager

Excerpt from The Wager: A Poetic Comedy in One Act Giacosa was one of the originators of modern Italian drama. His best plays - "As the Leaves," "Sad Loves," and "The Stronger" - take rank among the highest achievements of recent drama and are of especial importance in the author's own country. "The Wager" (the original title is "A Game of Chess") was Giacosa's first play. It was produced in 1872. This little play requires a setting made to represent a castle-room furnished in the late Middle Ages' style. A few large tapestries - or rich portieres - two or three heavy chairs, hung with draperies, will serve to create the correct atmosphere. The costumes must be of the period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Poetic Comedy in One Act (Classic Reprint)

Eva, Duchess of Monteleone. An Original Play in a Prologue and Four Acts; and The Triumph of Love: a Dramatic Legend, in Two Acts

(Amadeus). An idealistic artist, a celebrated opera singer, and a corrupt police chief engage in a fierce battle of wills in this tempestuous tale of passion, intrigue, cruelty, and deception. Puccini's great melodrama may be set in 1800, amid the Napoleonic wars, but the conflicts between love and loyalty, the state and the individual, and hypocrisy and principle are anything but dated. Floria Tosca, the beautiful, glamorous singer who has all of Rome at her feet, is one of the iconic soprano roles in the Italian repertoire. She's caught between two men: her lover, the handsome painter Cavaradossi, who defies the law to hide a rebel friend; and the villainous Baron Scarpia, Rome's all-powerful chief of police, who will stop at nothing to crush the rebels and conquer Tosca for himself. This gripping story of torture, attempted rape, murder, suicide, and general mayhem is as thrilling and dramatic as anything seen on the operatic stage.

The Complete Libretto

The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Puccini's Tosca

"Novelle e paesi valdostani" di Giuseppe Giacosa. Pubblicato da Good Press. Good Press pubblica un grande numero di titoli, di ogni tipo e genere letterario. Dai classici della letteratura, alla saggistica, fino a libri più di nicchia o capolavori dimenticati (o ancora da scoprire) della letteratura mondiale. Vi proponiamo libri per tutti e per tutti i gusti. Ogni edizione di Good Press è adattata e formattata per migliorarne la fruibilità, facilitando la leggibilità su ogni tipo di dispositivo. Il nostro obiettivo è produrre eBook che siano facili da usare e accessibili a tutti in un formato digitale di alta qualità.

Novelle e paesi valdostani

Like Falling Leaves: Sacred Ground; Three Plays

The Stronger

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Intermezzi E Scene; La Tardi Ravveduta

La Sirena

Puccini's Madama Butterfly

"Storia vecchia: Commedia in due atti" di Giuseppe Giacosa. Pubblicato da Good Press. Good Press pubblica un grande numero di titoli, di ogni tipo e genere letterario. Dai classici della letteratura, alla saggistica, fino a libri più di nicchia o capolavori dimenticati (o ancora da scoprire) della letteratura mondiale. Vi proponiamo libri per tutti e per tutti i gusti. Ogni edizione di Good Press è adattata e formattata per migliorarne la fruibilità, facilitando la leggibilità su ogni tipo di dispositivo. Il nostro obiettivo è produrre eBook che siano facili da usare e accessibili a tutti in un formato digitale di alta qualità.

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