The Tragic Story of the Italian Murderess

TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
0:34 Overview of the historical context
2:47 Characters and plot (no spoilers!)
4:29 History of the composition
5:46 Timing
6:04 Musical themes in Tosca
8:26 Need-to-know arias
11:19 Summary & Outro
FAVE RECORDINGS
🌹 Vissi d'arte
• Tosca - Vissi d'arte (...
👨‍🎨 Recondita armonia
• Tosca - Recondita armo...
👨‍🎨 E lucevan le stelle
• Video
STUFF USED
🎹 Piano
Hoffman, ~1930
C.Bechstein, Czech Republic
📝 My favorite iPad sheet music reader - ForScore -
forscore.co/
WHO AM I:
Hiya! 👋 I’m Cait, a normal person with a normal job who happened to get all her degrees in opera. Even though I don’t do it full time anymore, I’ll always love the art (of course!), so now I make videos to help make opera feel more accessible and relevant to people living in, you know, not 1800.
GET IN TOUCH:
I’d love to hear from you! I bucked socials a while ago, so until I can afford a social media manager, reaching out through the contact form on my website (coming soon!) is definitely the way to go.

[@davidcurran8039]

Cait, loved this. Informative, teasing, leads us gently along but reminds us that this is opera, not Disney. Heading to see an open air performance at Holland Park in London tomorrow with my son as I did with my parents when they were alive. Super excited and while it may not be my favourite, it’s Puccini so….I’m sold already. 💕

[@n-gauge-us5219]

This was so great!!! We are going to see Tosca in two weeks in Dallas and we found this very helpful. In particular, the leitmotif and aria discussions were exactly what I was hoping to find. Thank you so much!

[@5altwaterCowboy]

Congrats on the New UA-cam Channel! Production quality was fantastic and I look forward to more guides and analysis!

[@CaitFrizzell]

Ahh, thank you! 🙌

[@jacques8762]

Wonderful video.

[@hesamforozan8964]

I like your posts and you are lovely conveying things even if I disagree with you on some of your comments on Classical music