Based on the dramatic play La Tosca written in 1887 by Victorien Sardou for the great actress, Sara Bernhardt, Tosca, at first glance, is an unlikely vehicle for Puccini. Tosca has become one of the most popular of all operas since its premiere in 1900 in Rome, Italy. Murder and suicide are her final acts of defiance and bring the story to a stunning conclusion. When he is arrested for helping an escaped political prisoner, Tosca subjects herself to the sexual desires of the sadistic chief of the secret police, Baron Scarpia, in a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to save her lover from death. She is beautiful, brilliant and spoiled and madly in love with a young painter and revolutionary, Mario Cavaradossi. Set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca is the story of an opera diva, Floria Tosca. The story of a popular opera diva brought down by the chief of Rome’s secret police, Tosca is known to leave audiences startled and breathless by the searing beauty of Puccini’s melodies.
Opera San José continues its 27th Season with Giacomo Puccini’s powerfully dramatic opera, Tosca.
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