Scarpia’s henchmen come to arrest Tosca for Scarpia’s murder, but she hurls herself over the edge of the building to her death. The Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, Rome. Cavaradossi must feign death in front of the shooting squad as they will not actually shoot him, due to her deal with Scarpia.They shoot Cavaradossi, but Tosca discovers that Scarpia has betrayed her and Cavaradossi has actually been killed. Cavaradossi is to be executed, but Tosca shows up and has a plan to free him. Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, takes refuge in a side chapel of the church of SantAndrea della Valle in Rome. Based on French playwright Victorien Sardou ’s popular play La Tosca (1887), the opera is about political intrigue and romance in the days of the Napoleonic wars. Tosca finally consents after he writes a consent of freedom for Cavaradossi, but then stabs Scarpia to death. Tosca, opera in three acts by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa) that premiered at the Costanzi Theatre in Rome on January 14, 1900. Cavaradossi and Angelotti are supporters of the liberal group hoping for. Scarpia proposes a deal to Tosca that if she gives herself to him, he will free her lover. The opera is set Rome, in June of 1800, the year when Napoleon invaded Italy. Cavaradossi denies his knowledge of Angelotti’s escape, but he is taken away to be tortured. Scarpia summons Tosca to his home, having arrested Cavaradossi. Tosca plays into his plan and rushes off to find Cavaradossi. Scarpia, cruelly, encourages Tosca’s jealousy, in hopes that she lead him to Cavaradossi. Tosca returns, expecting to catch Cavaradossi with a lover, but finds Scarpia instead. When all is in place, the soldiers fire, and Cavaradossi falls. The Sergeant offers to blindfold Cavaradossi, and he refuses. There was a rumor that Angelotti was hiding there, and Scarpia interrogates the Sacristan, discovering that the church is the workplace of Cavaradossi. Tosca brings in the safe-conduct, spills the story and they exult together. He bursts in the church where Cavaradossi is working, interrupting a celebration. Cavaradossi helps aid his friend Angelotti who is being pursued by the Chief of Police, Scarpia. Mario Cavaradossi, a painter, is deeply in love with Floria Tosca, a famous singer. A tragic and political love story, Tosca explores how love overcomes all.
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