![]() ![]() To Tosca's dismay, however, the execution is real and, as the guards chase after her for the murder of their commander, she jumps off Rome's high walls. He sings his sweet aria 'O dolci mani' to express his hope and gratitude. After the impulsive murder, the singer rushes to Cavaradossi to tell him she has secured his escape. The police chief instructs his aide to stage the morning shooting, only to die moments later at Tosca's hands. Scarpia proposes a fake execution in exchange for a tryst, and the young woman agrees. As he faces a death squad, Tosca makes a desperate attempt to save his life. Mistaking the young man's secretiveness for a sign of infidelity, the vain singer unwittingly gives him up to the authorities. The plot revolves around Tosca's fickle nature and distrust of her lover Cavaradossi who is hiding a fellow revolutionary from the bloodthirsty police chief Baron Scarpia. ![]() He masterfully turned the melodrama and the unbelievable plot twists and created one of the masterpieces of operatic realism. The visceral, violent plot became an obsession of Puccini's and he stopped at nothing until he got the opportunity to write an opera around it. The story of Floria Tosca, the vain and impulsive popular singer, was first penned by dramatist Victorien Sardou. ![]() GIACOMO PUCCINI OPERA TOSCA FULLA piece of history, full of drama and amazing music, comes to life this season at the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice. From the authentic church bell sounds to the religious processions, the Maestro spared no effort to create a haunting, realistic soundscape that instantly resurrects Rome, ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century. Giacomo Puccini created Tosca with a drive and dedication to operatic realism that lent the work a timeless quality. ![]()
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