Tosca
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| - | '''Spineless Books''' is an independent publishing house founded 20-02-2002 with the publication of ''2002: A Palindrome Story in 2002 Words'' (written by Nick Montfort and William Gillespie, with illustrations by [[Shelley Jackson]])—a book Paul Braffort of the French writing collective [[Oulipo]] declared the longest literary palindrome ever written. Spineless Books publishes [[constrained writing]], with an emphasis on the [[palindrome]]. | ||
| - | In May 2011, Spineless Books published the first book of palindromes on a single theme. Written by Jane Z. Smith and Barbara Thorburn, ''I’d Revere Verdi: Palindromes for the Serious Music Lover'' includes over seventy drawings, each with an original palindrome containing the names of classical composers (such as [[Bach]], [[Beethoven]], [[Brahms]], [[Debussy]], [[Elgar]], [[Handel]], [[Haydn]], [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]], [[Mozart]], [[Paganini]], [[Puccini]], [[Ravel]], [[Rossini]], [[Vivaldi]]), conductors ([[Solti]], [[Ozawa]]), operas ([[Fidelio]], [[The Marriage of Figaro]], [[Tosca]]), or musical terms ([[Tempo#Basic tempo markings|adagio]], [[arioso]], [[baritone]], [[coda (music)|coda]], [[Tempo#Basic tempo markings|largo]], [[partita]], [[sarabande]], [[sonatina]], [[tenor]]). All together over 250 palindromes are embedded in the drawings. | + | '''''Tosca''''' is an [[opera]] in three acts by [[Giacomo Puccini]] to an Italian [[libretto]] by [[Luigi Illica]] and [[Giuseppe Giacosa]]. It premiered at the [[Teatro dell'Opera di Roma|Teatro Costanzi]] in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on [[Victorien Sardou]]'s 1887 French-language dramatic play, ''[[La Tosca]]'', is a [[melodrama]]tic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the [[Kingdom of Naples]]'s control of Rome threatened by [[Napoleon]]'s [[Campaigns of 1800 in the French Revolutionary Wars#Italy|invasion of Italy]]. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, as well as some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias, and has inspired memorable performances from many of opera's leading singers. |
| - | True to its name, Spineless Books publishes electronic literature in addition to books. Its website hosts the hypertext novel ''[[The Unknown]]'', (winner of the trAce/Alt-X International Hypertext Award (1998) as judged by [[Robert Coover]]), as well as the web-based serial fiction ''The Ed Report'' (awarded Honourable Mention in the same contest the following year). The Spineless Books website, designed to promote literary experimentation by encouraging writers and teachers, includes writing assignments and tools, including Deep Speed, a palindrome-authoring engine. | + | After Tosca's "Non la sospiri" and the subsequent argument inspired by her jealousy, the sensuous character of the love duet "Qual'occhio" provides what opera writer Burton Fisher describes as "an almost erotic lyricism that has been called [[pornophony]]". |
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| - | *[[20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction]] | + | |
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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, as well as some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias, and has inspired memorable performances from many of opera's leading singers.
After Tosca's "Non la sospiri" and the subsequent argument inspired by her jealousy, the sensuous character of the love duet "Qual'occhio" provides what opera writer Burton Fisher describes as "an almost erotic lyricism that has been called pornophony".
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