Illica, who was collaborating with Puccini on La Bohème, had been writing the libretti for both composers.
The narrative of Giacomo Puccini’s opera, Tosca, harks back to the rules of Greek tragedy as much as it is imbued with the mores of the Romantic tradition a tale which sees the downfall of its protagonists, the catalyst for which is the scorn of a jealous woman.Įnthralled by Sarah Bernhardt’s interpretation of Victorien Sardou’s anti-heroine in his La Tosca, which he saw not just once but twice, Puccini was so determined to set the play to music that, in collusion with Luigi Illica, he persuaded his fellow Italian, Alberto Franchetti, to give up his own commission on the piece.
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