When Puccini's opera Tosca was first performed the critics savaged it. They called it a "tawdry, little shocker." Puccini had tremendous success with La Boheme the year before. What kind of success? Imagine Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and American Idol all wrapped into one...and you still wouldn't come close. So everyone was looking …
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