A fully-staged production of Puccini's masterpiece Tosca, with
orchestra, chorus and elaborate sets and costumes. In order to save
her lover's life, Floria Tosca agrees to sleep with Scarpia, Rome's
corrupt Chief of Police, after he promises her to stage a mock public
execution and later release her lover in secret so that the two can
flee abroad. Instead of yielding to him, she stabs Scarpia in the
chest, killing him. But Scarpia has double crossed her: her lover is
actually executed at the Castel Sant'Angelo prison while she watches
from afar. Pursued by guards for murdering Scarpia, she jumps to her
death from the Castle's tower. One of Puccini's three most famous
works, Tosca packs a dramatic force and a level of suspense
unsurpassed in the verismo repertoire.
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