Tosca Puccini Analysis

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Puccini spent more time producing the music for Tosca than he did the music for La bohème (1895) and the result was greater success. The harmony range is richer than La bohème. In Tosca there are three main characters; Floria Tosca, Mario Cavaradossi, Baron Scarplia. According to Budden, Tosca is most Wagnerian in style of his operas. In Tosca Puccini, like Wagner uses motifs. However, unlike Wagner, he does not develop these in the same way. Nevertheless, Tosca’s personality and Tosca’s feelings towards Cavaradossi are also significantly shown by motifs. Puccini also uses dynamic changes to highlight every single scene. In Madama Butterfly, the background is Nagasaki, Japan. He spent a long time composing this as well. Madame Chrysantheme

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