![]() ![]() Cavaradossi has been arrested and is interrogated and, when Tosca comes in, tortured in the next room, to elicit information from her. In Scarpia’s apartment the sound is heard of an entertainment being given below for Queen Caroline, dancing and a performance by Tosca. Scarpia orders his men to follow Tosca, when she leaves, as a victory Te Deum is sung. Scarpia succeeds now in arousing further jealousy in Tosca, who has returned, showing her a fan found in the chapel, belonging, in fact, to Angelotti’s sister. The church fills for a celebration of a supposed victory over Napoleon and Baron Scarpia and his agents seek for signs of Angelotti, suspicion falling on Cavaradossi as a possible accomplice. Tosca is jealous of what she thinks may have been an assignation with another woman but agrees to meet her lover after her evening performance. ![]() The voice of Tosca is heard and Angelotti hides again. As he leaves, Angelotti emerges from hiding, explaining that he has escaped from imprisonment in the Castel Sant’Angelo. ![]() The sacristan complains of the trouble Cavaradossi gives him. The painter Cavaradossi returns to the canvas he is painting, a picture of Mary Magdalene, influenced by the features of his beloved Tosca and by a woman he has often seen in the church. In the church of S Andrea della Valle, the fugitive Angelotti takes refuge in a private chapel. Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 33,00 Thursday August 16th 2018 > tickets on and The performance is a production of Taormina Opera Stars The dramatic force of Tosca and its characters continues to fascinate both performers and audiences, and the work remains one of the most frequently performed operas. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, as well as some of Puccini’s best-known lyrical arias, and has inspired memorable performances from many of opera’s leading singers. The work, based on Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples’s control of Rome threatened by Napoleon’s invasion of Italy. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Thursday August 16th 2018, Ancient Theatre 9.00pm ![]()
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