A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, Tosca is one of the most popular operas ever written. In Tosca’s Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that lie behind Giacomo Puccini’s opera and the play by Victorien Sardou on which it is based.
Paul Bailey of the Daily Telegraph states, “[Nicassio] must be the only living historian who can boast that she once sang the role of Tosca. Her deep knowledge of Puccini’s score is only to be expected, but her understanding of daily and political life in Rome at the close of the 18th century is an unanticipated pleasure. She has steeped herself in the period and its prevailing culture-literary, artistic, and musical-and has produced an unusual, and unusually entertaining, history.”
Dr. Kathleen Wilson will be the facilitator for this first in-person meeting of the Vivace Book Group since 2020, to be held at Vara Vinoteca. Wine, spirits, and tapas are available for purchase. Parking is free in the Paxton Tap Room parking lot on Guadalupe St. as they are not open on Tuesdays.
Registration is limited to 15 people. Registration will close when the event capacity has been reached or on Friday, April 7, whichever comes first. Please check your calendars so you are certain you will be able to attend before you register. We will maintain a waiting list in the event of cancellations. Please let us know if your plans change and you cannot attend. That way, we can offer your place to the next person on the waiting list. Thank you for your consideration.
Please email events@santafeoperaguild.org if you have any questions.
For more information about Vara Vintoteca, go to their website to view menus and a location map.