![]() Then Puccini couldn’t resist the temptation to take Tosca as an opera plot. To save Mario’s life, Tosca gives in to Scarpia’s extortive deal.Īccording to legend, Verdi had wanted to set the sensationalistic French play by Victorien Sardou, with some borrowings from political history, to music, but considered himself too old for the task. In the case of Tosca and Mario, though, his motive is jealous lechery. ![]() Its enforcer, Baron Scarpia, may be driven by political zeal. He falls victim to the brutal cruelty of the state. But her love for Mario is the driving force of her life. Floria Tosca makes glowing appearances as a singer at celebrations for opponents of the republic. ![]() They are two artists in love: Mario Cavaradossi paints pictures for the Roman clergy but sympathizes with the “repubblica romana” and hides an escaped supporter of that republic in his garden. ![]()
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