He has tricked her and Cavaradossi is shot. After he trys to seduce her, Floria stabs the Baron and rushes to the prison. Promising that she and Cavaradossi will escape, he tricks Floria into letting her lover stand in front of a firing squad by saying that the bullets will be blank. The evil Baron Scarpia wants Floria for himself and tricks her into giving him information that leads to her lovers arrest. With all the ingredients of an epic drama including murder, torture and suicide, this exceptional opera has inspired some amazing performances by many top stars.īased on a play written in 1887 by French writer Victorien Sardou, it took Puccini over four years to make the long, meandering play into a concise three act opera.Ī tale based on the love affair of and acclaimed singer, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi in times of political unrest in Rome. In three acts and sung to a libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa an Luigi Illica, the opera is about lovers who are threatened by and evil police chief at the time of Napoleon's invasion of Italy in 1800. This popular opera by Giacomo Puccini was premiered at Rome's famous Teatro Costanzi in 1900.
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