Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. First performance: Rome, 1900.

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• Principal roles
• Floria Tosca, an opera singer - Soprano
• Mario Cavaradossi, a painter - Tenor
• Baron Scarpia, the chief of the Roman police - Baritone
• Minor roles
• Cesare Angelotti, leader of the Republicans - Tenor
• A Sacristan - Baritone
• Spoletta, a police agent - Tenor
• Sciarrone, Baron Scarpia's orderly - Bass
• A Shepherd Boy - Treble
• Other
• A Jailer - Bass
• Soldiers, police agents, ladies, citizens, choirboys - Chorus

Opera: Opera refers to an European art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. Comparable art forms from other parts of the world are usually prefaced with an adjective indicating the region; examples include Chinese opera and Beijing opera....

Giacomo Puccini: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) is regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century....

Libretto: :Libretto can also refer to a sub-notebook PC manufactured by Toshiba....

Tosca related Images and Photos (experimental)

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