![]() Scarpia’s henchmen come to arrest Tosca for Scarpia’s murder, but she hurls herself over the edge of the building to her death.Sometimes composers have had to be cajoled into setting opera to a particular story. 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. Tosca finally consents after he writes a consent of freedom for Cavaradossi, but then stabs Scarpia to death. Scarpia proposes a deal to Tosca that if she gives herself to him, he will free her lover. 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. There was a rumor that Angelotti was hiding there, and Scarpia interrogates the Sacristan, discovering that the church is the workplace of Cavaradossi. 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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