Tosca
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Tosca [1] is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) [2] to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica [3] and Giuseppe Giacosa [4]. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900.
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The original text
The opera is based on a 1887 French melodramatic play La Tosca [5], set in Rome in 1800, and written by French playwright Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) [6]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
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