1900 in music
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This is a nearly comprehensive list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1900.
Tosca
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Tosca
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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 Victo
1900 in music
…January 3 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida makes its U.S. debut. January 14 – Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca is premiered at the Teatro Constanzi in Rome (postponed by one day due to anarchist threats). Soprano Hariclea Darclée sings the title role, and tenor…
Original poster, depicting the death of Scarpia
Punch cartoon depicting the end of Sardou's La Tosca, 1888
The Battle of Marengo as painted by Louis-François Lejeune
The Te Deum scene which concludes act 1; Scarpia stands at left. Photograph of a pre-1914 production at the old Metropolitan Opera House, New York