Deborah Burton
Diploma in Piano Performance, Mannes College of Music; M.M., Yale University; Ph.D. in Music Theory, University of Michigan. Editor, "Tosca's Prism" (Northeastern University Press, 2004); co-author of an annotated translation of Francesco Galeazzi's "Elementi Teorico-Practici di Musica" (1796) for University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming.Articles in "Theoria," "Studi Musicali," "Quaderni pucciniani," "Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana," "Opera Quarterly." Secretary, New England Conference of Music Theorists; originator and co-organizer of Tosca 2000, an international, interdisciplinary conference in Rome, Italy; presenter at conferences worldwide. Pre-concert Lecturer and author of program notes for the New York City Opera, the Washington National Opera, the English National Opera, and Opera on Original Site (Beijing). Former faculty, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Fordham University, Adrian College (MI).
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Burton, Deborah, Susan Vandiver Nicassio and Agostino Ziino. Tosca's
Prism: Three Moments of Western Cultural History, Boston: Northeastern
University Press, 2004. Co-editor and contributor. [an interdisciplinary
symposium on three diverse moments of European history through the prism
of Puccini's opera Tosca: the events of the story took place in June 1800; the Puccini opera premièred in 1900; and the year 2000 serves as the present.]
Here is one recent review:
Collaboratively edited by Deborah Burton, Susan Vandiver Nicassio, and
Agostino Ziino (all of whom are professors of music history and experts in their fields of academia), Tosca's Prism: Three Moments Of Western Cultural History is an anthology of scholarly essays by learned authors concerning the opera "La Tosca", a classic tale of love, lust, jealousy, and politics which first premiered in 1900 and draws upon the historical events succeeding the fall of the Roman republic. Contributed essays scrutinize La Tosca's impact and legacy with regard to circa 1800, circa 1900, and circa 2000. Extensive notes and music excerpts highlight the thoughtful discussions concerning La Tosca, ranging from "Who Is Tosca?" to "Tosca Act II and the Secret Identity of F#" to "The Protagonists and the Principal Phases of the Roman Republic of 1798 to 1799". This is an invaluable contribution to opera history, and most especially recommended for performing arts libraries, performers, and individual
connoisseurs seeking to better understand La Tosca.
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