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.

Characters

• 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