An idealistic artist a celebrated opera singer and a corrupt police chief engage in a fierce battle of wills in this tempestuous tale of passion intrigue cruelty and deception. Puccini's great melodrama may be set in 1800 amid the Napoleonic wars but the conflicts between love and loyalty the state and the individual and hypocrisy and principle are anything but dated. Floria Tosca the beautiful glamorous singer who has all of Rome at her feet is one of the iconic soprano roles in the Italian repertoire. She's caught between two men: her lover the handsome painter Cavaradossi who defies the law to hide a rebel friend; and the villainous Baron Scarpia Rome's all-powerful chief of police who will stop at nothing to crush the rebels and conquer Tosca for himself. This gripping story of torture attempted rape murder suicide and general mayhem is as thrilling and dramatic as anything seen on the operatic stage.
