“As to the play itself, I will only add that it is offensive in its morals, corrupt in its teaching, and revolting in its brutality, and yet everyone who admires acting is bound to see it.”

When Floria sees dead body of Mario, she is unable to bear grief and betrayal and commits suicide by jumping from castle’s parapet. But firing squad uses real bullets as Scarpia had no intentions of honouring his commitment and had earlier ordered his team to execute Mario so that he could have Floria for himself. Then she goes to attend mock execution and plans to run away with Mario. That night Floria meets Scarpia and when he comes near her she stabs him to death. He will ensure that the firing squad’s rifles will not have real bullets. Floria meets Scarpia, who agrees to spare Mario if she spends one night with him. Mario is arrested and his punishment is execution by firing squad. Angelotti commits suicide to avoid being arrested by police. Mario helps Angelotti in finding place to hide.įloria is duped by Scarpia to disclose Angelotti hideout. Mario has a friend Cesare Angelotti, who is a revolutionary and is wanted by Rome’s, police chief Scarpia. The drama has three main characters- famous opera singer Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi who is an artist and Baron Scarpia, who heads Rome’s police force.įloria Tosca is an orphan who is good in singing, and later becomes a famous opera singer. He obtained permission from Sardou to convert play into opera. Puccini happened to see this drama and was very impressed. La Tosca was drama written by French dramatist Victorien Sardou. His famous works include La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900) and Madama Butterfly (1904). Giacomo Puccini was one of the greatest Italian composers, whose operas are played all over the world. “I see in this Tosca the opera I need, with no overblown proportions, no elaborate spectacle, nor will it call for the usual excessive amount of music.”

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