

Puccini first came into contact with Sardou's play in 1889. Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based their libretto for Tosca on Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca (1887), which actress Sarah Bernhardt made famous in performances throughout Europe. Tosca was premiered in 1900 at Rome's Teatro Costanzi to a temperate critical reception. In Tosca, Puccini explored the dark side of human emotion, a marked change from the late Romantic sentimentality of La Bohème.

After the poor reception of Puccini's first two operas, Le villi and Edgar, Manon Lescaut brought him considerable fame and financial success, and La Bohème was popularly (although not always critically) well received. 100% OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS RECEIVED BY THE FOUNDATION.Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) had composed four operas before officially taking up his pen with Tosca in 1895.

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