With only one way left to stay true to her heart, she makes a run for the parapet. The police then advance on Tosca, having discovered her crime. However, when the guns fire, Scarpia’s cruel deception is revealed and Cavaradossi falls dead. Tosca assures Cavaradossi that he need only play along with a mock execution. To his shock, Tosca stabs him, confident that the murder will not be discovered until she and Cavaradossi are free. Scarpia apparently gives the necessary orders, then advances on Tosca to claim his prize.
As Cavaradossi’s anguished cries echo in the background, she agrees to give herself to Scarpia in exchange for a promise that the firing squad will fake the painter’s execution. When that woman’s brother, Angelotti, escapes from prison and Cavaradossi agrees to help him, vicious police chief Scarpia seeks to eliminate Cavaradossi and fulfil his long-held lust for Tosca.Īfter Scarpia’s men capture Cavaradossi, a desperate Tosca pleads for his life. How far will she go to save her true love?Īs authoritarian rule grips Rome and Napoleon invades Italy, a deadly lovers’ triangle takes shape.īeloved but volatile opera singer Floria Tosca rages with jealousy when her lover, painter Mario Cavaradossi, bases a portrait of Mary Magdalene on another woman. When painter Cavaradossi aids an escaped prisoner, ruthless police chief Scarpia spies a chance to possess Cavaradossi’s lover, singer Floria Tosca.
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