Tosca

• Composer: Giacomo Puccini
• Librettists: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
• Performance History
• Background
• Libretto
• Synopses:
  • Arizona Opera
• Discography
• Pictures
• Other Links:
  • Tosca's Rome - site of the Tosca 2000 Conference in Rome, dedicated to an ongoing exploration of Puccini's opera and Sardou's play

Dramatis Personæ

Floria Tosca, a celebrated songstress (soprano)

Mario Cavaradossi, painter (tenor)

Baron Scarpia, Chief of the Police (baritone)

Cesare Angelotti (bass)

A Sacristan (baritone)

Spoletta, Police Agent (tenor)

Sciarrone, Gendarme (bass)

A Gaoler (bass)

A Shepherd-boy (contralto)

Roberti, Executioner (mute)

A Cardinal, a Judge, a Scribe, an Officer, a Sergeant (mute)

Soldiers, Police-Agents, Ladies, Nobles, Citizens, Artisans, etc.

Setting: Rome; June 1800