Tosca's Rome : The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective

List of Illustrations ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1(10) ``Historico-topographico-panoramic Inexactitudes'' 11(16) Sede Vacante: Rome without a Pope 27(21) The Painter's Rome 48(29) The Singer's Rome 77(24) The Policeman's Rome 101(22) Act One 123(46) Entr' Acte 169(11) Act Two 180(41) Act Three 221(36) Appendix 1: Sardou's La Tosca and Puccini's Tosca: Plots and Parallels 257(7) Appendix 2: Libretto-making 264(2) Appendix 3: 1896 working papers for Tosca 266(9) Notes 275(38) Bibliography 313(18) Index 331