She breaks down and betrays Angelotti's hiding place. Cavaradossi refuses to talk, and is tortured, while the frantic Tosca tries to save him. Cavaradossi tells her the truth, and hurries her away before the police arrive they arrest the painter, but are unable to find Angelotti, who is hidden in the well in the garden.Īct II is set in the apartments of the Baron Scarpia at the Farnese Palace. When Tosca goes to find her supposedly unfaithful lover, the police follow her to Cavaradossi's country villa. As a result, the sinister Baron Scarpia, Chief of Roman Police, finds it easy to arouse Tosca's suspicions of an affair between Cavaradossi and the Marchesa. Cavaradossi enthusiastically agrees, but conceals his involvement from his lover, the jealous opera star Floria Tosca. When the painter Mario Cavaradossi arrives to work on his mural, Angelotti recognizes him as a fellow revolutionary sympathizer and asks for his help. Synopsis of the action: As Act I begins in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle, an escaped political prisoner, Cesare Angelotti, takes refuge in a secret hiding place in the family chapel of his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti. The action of the play and the opera takes place in Rome between noon of Jand dawn the following day, during which time all of the major characters die violent deaths. In the translation from play to opera, the action was tightened, the characters were "Italianized," and most of the political motivation was cut. Puccini's Tosca, one of the most popular operas in the repertoire ever since its Janupremiere, is a violent drama based on Victorien Sardou's hit play La Tosca, which was written as a star vehicle for the famous French actress Sarah Bernhardt.
There is plenty here to intrigue everyoneseasoned opera lovers, musical novices, history buffs, and Italophiles." Library Journalįor more about Tosca and the Tosca 2000 Conference, to be held in Rome in June 2000, visit Tosca's Rome.Īuthor of Tosca's Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective An academic historian who has actually performed the role of Tosca, Nicassio is perfectly suited to deal with the opera's political and musical complexities.
"Nicassio's critical look at Puccini's Tosca (one of the most popular and 'historical' operas ever written) arrives just in time for its January 2000 centennial. " Tosca's Rome is the book that ranks highest in my estimation as the most in-depth, and yet highly entertaining, journey into the story of the making of Tosca."≼atherine Malfitano, soprano and star of the film Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca Nicassio, Ten Things You Didn't Know About Tosca
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