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Tosca
showstopper of Tosca - ️️Tosca's Vissi d'arte ("I lived for art") (Act 2) (note: most of
the operas at this time though were "through-composed")
Saint Andrea della Valle - ️️church in Rome, Italy (where Cavaradossi is painting
when Angelotti comes in)
composer and musical period of Tosc...
Tosca Review
showstopper of Tosca - ✔️✔️Tosca's Vissi d'arte ("I lived for art") (Act 2) (note: most of
the operas at this time though were "through-composed")
Saint Andrea della Valle - ✔️✔️church in Rome, Italy (where Cavaradossi is painting
when Angelotti comes in)
composer and musical period of Tosca - ✔️✔️Giacomo Puccini (Romantic)
premiere year and location of Tosca - ✔️✔️1900, Rome (Teatro Costanzi)
librettist(s) of Tosca - ✔️✔️Illica and Giacosa
language of Tosca - ✔️✔️Italian
Cavaradossi - ✔️✔️tenor
Tosca - ✔️✔️spinto soprano
Scarpia - ✔️✔️bass baritone
Angelotti - ✔️✔️bass
Sacristan - ✔️✔️basso buffo
number of acts of Tosca - ✔️✔️3
place and time of plot of Tosca - ✔️✔️Rome, 1800s
Castel Sant'Angelo - ✔️✔️the prison that Angelotti escaped from in Act 1, and the site
of the execution in Act 3
Palazzo Farnese - ✔️✔️where Scarpia lives in Act 2
opera genre and characteristics of Tosca - ✔️✔️verismo opera (realism): torture,
attempted rape, murder, suicide
Puccini's rank and strong point - ✔️✔️greatest Italian opera composer after Verdi;
strong melodies
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