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	Tosca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca.
		Illica wrote his libretto, and in October 1894, Franchetti, Ricordi, Illica and Giuseppe Verdi met Sardou to present him the libretto.
		He started working on it in 1896, after the completion of La Bohème; Ricordi set Giuseppe Giacosa to work with Luigi Illica for the libretto, but Giacosa did not perform up to his own standards, and had several personal disputes with Sardou.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tosca (2743 words)

	Puccini: La Bohème (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Puccini's partnership with the playwright/librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa was one of the most successful in the whole history of Italian opera -- a meeting of great artistic minds akin to Verdi's association with Boito and Bellini's with Romani.
		Although Illica and Giacosa are best remembered for their work with Puccini, each had an active career of his own.
		Luigi Illica had a rough beginning: at an early age he ran away to sea and in 1876 he found himself fighting the Turks.
	www.columbia.edu /ccnmtl/draft/robin/laboheme/librettists.html (487 words)

	Baltimore Opera - Study Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Illica began to move in the artistic circles of Milan and met the influential composers of the day, with whom be began to collaborate.
		Illica's first important libretto was for Alfredo Catalani's La Wally (1892), although he did some work for some of the lesser known operatic composers of the day, such as Antonio Smareglia, Gaetano Luporino and Spiro Samara (it sounds like the rear guard of the Italian World Cup team!).
		Illica's own personal penchant for adventure and high drama, as well as his delight in documenting historical accuracy, perfectly complemented the lyric works of the verismo period in which he lived and worked.
	www.baltimoreopera.com /studyguide/laboheme_03.asp (553 words)

	La Tosca -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		La Tosca (or simply Tosca) is a three-act (A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes) opera by (Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924)) Giacomo Puccini.
		Illica wrote his libretto, and in October 1894, Franchetti, Ricordi, Illica and (Italian operatic composer (1813-1901)) Giuseppe Verdi met Sardou to present him the libretto.
		He started working on it in 1896, after the completion of (additional info and facts about La Bohème) La Bohème; Ricordi set Giuseppe Giacosa to work with Luigi Illica for the libretto, but Giacosa did not perform up to his own standards, and had several personal disputes with Sardou.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/la/la_tosca.htm (2506 words)

	Land of Puccini - Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème (Librettists: Giuseppe Giocosa and Luigi Illica) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Luigi Illica was convinced that Henry Murger's story about life in the Latin Quarter of Paris would make a successful and important opera, while the composer vascilated back and forth between this and other ideas.
		While Illica wrote the scenario and developed the plot in detail, Giuseppe Giacosa would put the prose into verse and add refinement and polish to the libretto.
		Illica and Giacosa painstakingly continued their work, although under some duress from the publisher, and at one point Giacosa completely lost interest and refused to continue.
	www.landofpuccini.com /eng/boheme.asp (905 words)

	Land of Puccini - Giacomo Puccini's Tosca (Librettist: Giuseppe Giocosa, Luigi Illica) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		At the time, Illica was also working on La Bohème with Puccini, and was finding progress just as slow with Franchetti on Tosca.
		Illica had, by this time, already completed what Puccini called 'an extraordinary libretto,' although as he had with his previous opera, Puccini was to ask Illica and Giacosa to alter and revise their work over and over again, frustrating everyone in the process.
		Because of the success of La Bohème and the number of new productions that were being mounted, Puccini spent much of 1897 travelling, although he stayed at Torre del Lago on and off for most of the spring, summer and autumn.
	www.landofpuccini.com /eng/tosca.asp (1193 words)

	pucciniana! giacomo puccini and tosca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Tosca: opera in 3 acts, libretto by Luigi Illica (prose text) and Giuseppe Giacosa (verses), based on Victorien Sardou's play of the same name, music by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), first performed 14th January 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, with the following cast:
		By then Puccini was working on 'Manon Lescaut', and Sardou complained that he did not like Puccini's music, although he may never have heard any of it as Puccini, with only 'Le Villi' and 'Edgar' to his credit, was not yet well known.
		However, the news that Illica and Franchetti were working on 'Tosca' - even travelling to Paris to consult with Sardou - put aside any doubts.
	www.r-ds.com /opera/pucciniana/tosca.htm (658 words)

	ILLICA LUIGI 1857 1919 (in MARION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Andrea Chénier, an opera in 4 acts; libretto by Luigi Illica.
		Madama Butterfly : opera in three acts / music by Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa ; based on the book by John L. Long and the drama by David Belasco ; English version by John Gutman.
		Tosca : opera in three acts / Giacomo Puccini ; libretto by G. Giacosa and L. Illica ; based on the drama by V. Sardou ; new English version by Joseph Machlis ; reduction for voice and piano by Carlo Carignani.
	library.cerritos.edu /MARION?A=ILLICA+LUIGI+1857+1919 (128 words)

	Giuseppe Giacosa -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of Giacomo Puccini's most famous operas.
		The Italian dramatist Giuseppe Giacosa collaborated with Luigi Illica on the librettos of three of Giacomo Puccini's most famous operas.
		When the Italian patriot and soldier Garibaldi was born, there was no Italy, only a group of small backward states.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9036714?tocId=9036714 (608 words)

	pucciniana! giacomo puccini and his operas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Opera in four acts, libretto by Marco Praga, Domenico Oliva, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Giulio Ricordi et.
		Opera in 4 acts, libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on 'Scènes de la vie de Bohème' by Henry Murger
		Opera in 2 acts, libretto by Luigi Illica (prose text) and Giuseppe Giacosa (verses), based on the play 'Madame Butterfly' by David Belasco after a story by John Luther Long
	www.r-ds.com /opera/pucciniana/operas.htm (587 words)

	Playbill Biography: GIUSEPPE and LUIGI ILLICA GIACOSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Regarded at the turn of the century as Italy's leading playwright, Giacosa (1847-1906) began work with Illica on the text of La Bohème in 1896.
		Illica's (1857-1919) 35 librettos are celebrated for their skillful invention.
		The successful collaboration continued with Tosca (1900) and Madama Butterfly (1904).
	www.playbill.com /celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/12704 (167 words)

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	La Boheme by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica - Project Gutenberg
		La Boheme by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica - Project Gutenberg
		La Boheme by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
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