Patchett, Ann: *1963
Bel Canto, 2001 - Music
- In Act Two of Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, as Tosca is being blackmailed by Scarpia, she sings 'Vissi d'arte,' saying that she's always lived her life for art, and for love, and this is where it's gotten her.
- Audio (5:55)
Ann Patchett and Renée Fleming talk about the relationship between musical inspiration and the literary imagination. NPR-Audio; April 29, 2002 - "Una Voce Poco Fa" from Gioacchino Rossini's opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Roxane sings this aria to distract the
characters' and the readers' attention while the rescuing soldiers sneak
up on the house.
sung by Beverly Sills, 1967