Prepare for Tosca’s Kiss
Floria Tosca, a renowned opera singer, must find a way to save her lover, painter Mario Cavaradossi, who has been arrested and tortured by the jealous Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. In a deadly test of wills, Tosca promises herself to Scarpia on the condition that he allows Cavaradossi to leave the country with her. Scarpia agrees, sealing his fate, and that of the lovers, setting into motion a crime of passion and sacrifice. Set against the tense political climate of early 19th-Century Rome, Tosca contains some of Puccini’s most memorable and heart wrenching arias, including “Vissi d’arte” and “E lucevan le stelle.”
