

An academic historian who has actually performed the role of Tosca, Nicassio is perfectly suited to deal with the opera's political and musical complexities. "Nicassio's critical look at Puccini's Tosca (one of the most popular and 'historical' operas ever written) arrives just in time for its January 2000 centennial. " Tosca's Rome is the book that ranks highest in my estimation as the most in-depth, and yet highly entertaining, journey into the story of the making of Tosca."≼atherine Malfitano, soprano and star of the film Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca


Nicassio, Ten Things You Didn't Know About Tosca
