In which city is the opera Tosca set?
"two for the Japanese theatre and an English burlesque, ""Tra-La-La Tosca"" (all of which premiered in the 1890s) as well as several film versions. ""La Tosca"" is set in Rome on 17 June 1800 following the French victory in the Battle of Marengo. The action takes place over an eighteen-hour period, ending at dawn on 18 June 1800. Its melodramatic plot centers on Floria Tosca, a celebrated opera singer; her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, an artist and Napoleon sympathiser; and Baron Scarpia, Rome's ruthless Regent of Police. By the end of the play, all three are dead. Scarpia arrests Cavaradossi and"
"Tosca"" are real historical figures: Queen Maria Carolina; Prince Diego Naselli, the Governor of Rome; and the composer, Giovanni Paisiello. However, their treatment in the play is not always historically accurate. On the day the play takes place, Queen Maria Carolina was actually on her way to Austria and staying in Livorno, not Rome. Paisiello was a Neapolitan court composer, but at the time of the play he was under suspicion for anti-Royalist sympathies, making him a highly unlikely candidate for Maria Carolina's gathering in Act 2. According to Deborah Burton, another minor character, Princesse Orlonia, is probably based on"
"The opera is set in 15th-century Venice, at the house of Simone Trovai, military commander of the Venetian republic. On the night of the great Carnival, Simone in vain searches his house for his wife Violanta. Ever since her sister Nerina committed suicide (after having been seduced by Alfonso, the Prince of Naples), she has been bent on vengeance. Simone is about to leave for the Carnival with the painter Giovanni Bracca, when Violanta appears. After dismissing Bracca, she reveals to Simone that she has (anonymously) arranged a meeting with Alfonso in their house, where she wants her husband to"
"La Tosca La Tosca is a five-act drama by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou. It was first performed on 24 November 1887 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role. Despite negative reviews from the Paris critics at the opening night, it became one of Sardou's most successful plays and was toured by Bernhardt throughout the world in the years following its premiere. The play itself is no longer performed, but its operatic adaptation, Giacomo Puccini's ""Tosca"", has achieved enduring popularity. There have been several other adaptations of the play including"
"Opera Las Vegas Opera Las Vegas (OLV) is an opera company serving the Las Vegas Valley. Founded in April 1999, Opera Las Vegas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with a volunteer board of directors from the fields of law, accounting, planning and marketing as well as the musical and theatrical arts. In September 2011, Opera Las Vegas produced Puccini's ""Tosca"" with Gregory Buchalter (a cover conductor for the Metropolitan Opera), conducting the 35-member orchestra, and three Metropolitan Opera singers, soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs as Tosca; tenor Raúl Melo as Cavaradossi; and baritone Daniel Sutin as Scarpia. In 2012, Opera Las Vegas"
"wrote that ""Tosca"" was ""<nowiki>[a]</nowiki> complete triumph"", and Ricordi's London representative quickly signed a contract to take ""Tosca"" to New York. The premiere at the Metropolitan Opera was on 4 February 1901, with De Lucia's replacement by Giuseppe Cremonini the only change from the London cast. For its French premiere at the Opéra-Comique on 13 October 1903, the 72-year-old Sardou took charge of all the action on the stage. Puccini was delighted with the public's reception of the work in Paris, despite adverse comments from critics. The opera was subsequently premiered at venues throughout Europe, the Americas, Australia and the"
"performances of the opera in 2004 and 2005, in English. In 2014, it was performed by New Chamber Opera at New College, Oxford. The opera is set in the Tuscan countryside. Act 1 Filippo, brother and sister Nanni and Vespina, and rich farmer Nencio admire the beauty of the summer evening. Filippo is concluding a deal with Nencio. Sandrina, Filippo's daughter enters, the others leave her alone with her father, who tells here that he has found her a husband. She protests that she loves only Nanni but Filippo dismisses the thought of her marrying a poor man. When Nanni"
"La Scala, Milan, performing in Massenet’s ""Werther"". She sang Violetta at La Scala in 1906, the first performance of the opera in contemporary dress. Milan became her home base from then on, but she also appeared during the pre-World War I period at theatres in other key Italian cities, including Rome and her native Venice. She toured South America and Spain, too, and undertook singing engagements in Paris and Moscow, unwisely attempting parts as heavy as that of the title role in Puccini's ""Tosca"". In 1921, by which time her voice was in marked decline, she sang in Chicago and"
"""La Tosca"" takes place in the afternoon, evening, and early morning of 17 and 18 June 1800. Italy had long been divided into a number of small states, with the Pope in Rome ruling the Papal States in central Italy. Following the French Revolution, a French army under Napoleon invaded Italy in 1796, entering Rome almost unopposed on 11 February 1798 and establishing a republic there. Pope Pius VI was taken prisoner, and was sent into exile on February 20, 1798. (Pius VI would die in exile in 1799, and his successor, Pius VII, who was elected in Venice on"
"aria while on the floor thereafter. Of her successors, opera enthusiasts tend to consider Maria Callas as the supreme interpreter of the role, largely on the basis of her performances at the Royal Opera House in 1964, with Tito Gobbi as Scarpia. This production, by Franco Zeffirelli, remained in continuous use at Covent Garden for more than 40 years until replaced in 2006 by a new staging, which premiered with Angela Gheorghiu. Callas had first sung Tosca at age 18 in a performance given in Greek, in the Greek National Opera in Athens on 27 August 1942. Tosca was also"
"It was also performed at the Wexford Festival Opera in December 2002 under Paolo Arrivabeni. The Washington Concert Opera in the US capital presented a concert version in May 2009 with Antony Walker conducting. Setting: Syracuse<br> Time: 14th century Bianca has been married against her will to Count Manfredo, although she is secretly in love with an unknown knight. Elaisa, a young woman in search of the daughter of her benefactor, and Viscardo arrive in the city. The disgraced courtier Brunoro discovers that Viscardo is the knight loved by Bianca. He tells Elaisa in order to make her jealous but"
"Tomasson. In 2015 Caird remounted his production of ""Tosca"" for both the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Grand Opera. The Chicago production was conducted by Dmitri Jurowski with Tatiana Serjan in the title role, Brian Jagde as Cavaradossi and Evgeny Nikitin as Scarpia. In Houston, Patrick Summers conducted and the roles were sung by Liudmyla Monastyrska, Alexey Dolgov and Andrzej Dobber. In 2017, Caird’s productions of ""Tosca"" and ""La Bohème"" were revived at LA Opera and San Francisco Opera respectively. In LA, Sondra Radvanovsky once again sang the title role in Tosca with Russell Thomas as Cavaradossi and Ambrogio"
"La Tosca (film) La Tosca (also known as Tosca) is a 1973 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni. It is loosely based on the drama with the same name by Victorien Sardou, reinterpreted in an ironic-grotesque style. Rome, 14 June 1800. Napoleon's army threatens to conquer Italy, including the Papal States. Rome is reeking with corruption, especially among the clergy, determined to retain their privileges based on the exploitation of the poor ignorant people. The fugitive patriot Cesare Angelotti, escaped from Castel Sant'Angelo, is sheltered by painter Mario Cavaradossi. Baron Scarpia, regent of the Pontifical Police, hunts"
"main part of the chapel by a grille. La Tosca La Tosca is a five-act drama by the 19th-century French playwright Victorien Sardou. It was first performed on 24 November 1887 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, with Sarah Bernhardt in the title role. Despite negative reviews from the Paris critics at the opening night, it became one of Sardou's most successful plays and was toured by Bernhardt throughout the world in the years following its premiere. The play itself is no longer performed, but its operatic adaptation, Giacomo Puccini's ""Tosca"", has achieved enduring popularity. There have"
"to flee the city and he returned to Venice. The following year he was in Spain, working in Madrid and later Barcelona where he did a substantial part of his work, finally leaving Spain for Italy in 1805. He died at Bologna. Antonio Tozzi Antonio Tozzi (c. 1736 - after 1812) was an Italian opera composer. He was born at Bologna, Italy. He studied with Padre Martini and became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna in 1761. His first opera ""Tigrane"", was performed in Venice in 1762. His ""La morte di Dimone"" of 1763 was an early opera"
"Tuscany Tuscany ( ; , ) is a region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013). The regional capital is Florence (""Firenze""). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Tuscany produces wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino."
"his views, though he was still not completely happy with the music for ""O dolci mani"". In any event time was too short before the scheduled January 1900 premiere to make any further changes. By December 1899, ""Tosca"" was in rehearsal at the Teatro Costanzi. Because of the Roman setting, Ricordi arranged a Roman premiere for the opera, even though this meant that Arturo Toscanini could not conduct it as Puccini had hoped—Toscanini was fully engaged at La Scala in Milan. Leopoldo Mugnone was appointed to conduct. The accomplished (but temperamental) soprano Hariclea Darclée was selected for the title role;"
"the 1950s. Francesco Lanzillotta conducted the Teatro San Carlo orchestra and chorus. The opera was performed again in July 2015 at the Festival della Valle d'Itria. The performance there (with a new cast) was recorded live and released in 2016 on the Dynamic label. Setting: A village near Naples in the early 19th century Act 1 The opera opens inside Bartolaccio's inn. The road to Naples with hills in the distance can be seen through the inn's entrance. Bartolaccio's daughter Fiorina is at her spinning wheel in the dining room, while Bartolaccio and his head waiter Carletto scurry about serving"
"story is set in Valencia in the early 17th century when Philip III decreed the expulsion of the Moriscos (the descendants of the Moors) from Spain. Ghislanzoni's libretto was based on ""Piquillo Alliaga"", a novel by Eugène Scribe. Following the world premiere in Monaco, the opera was performed the following July at the Arena di Milano conducted by Antonio Guarneri, and received further performances in January 1915 at the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona. Although warmly received by the audiences in Monaco, Milan and Cremona, ""I Mori di Valenza"" has never been revived. However, a full-length recording of the opera was"
"Elba Elba (, ; ; Ancient Greek: Αἰθαλία, ""Aithalia"") is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino, and the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park, and the third largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia. It is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea about east of the French island of Corsica. The island is part of the province of Livorno and is divided into seven municipalities, with a total population of about 30,000 inhabitants which increases considerably during the summer. The municipalities are Portoferraio (which"
"of ""Tosca"" in which each act took place in the actual setting and at the actual time specified in the score. This production starred Catherine Malfitano in the title role, Plácido Domingo as Cavaradossi and Ruggero Raimondi as Baron Scarpia. Act I was telecast live from Rome's Basilica of Sant'Andrea della Valle on Saturday, 11 July, at noon (Central European Daylight Saving Time); act II was telecast later that evening from the Palazzo Farnese at 9:40 p.m.; act III was telecast live on Sunday, 12 July, at 7:00 am from the Castel Sant'Angelo, also known as Hadrian's Tomb. In June"
"Enrico Toselli Enrico Toselli, Count of Montignoso (March 13, 1883 – January 15, 1926), was an Italian pianist and composer. Born in Florence, he studied piano with Giovanni Sgambati and composition with Giuseppe Martucci and Reginaldo Grazzini. He embarked on a career as a concert pianist, playing in Italy, European capital cities, Alexandria and North America. His most popular composition is ""Serenata 'Rimpianto' Op.6 No.1"". His other works include two operettas, ""La cattiva Francesca"" (1912) and ""La principessa bizzarra"" (1913). Toselli's fame largely derives not from his musical ability but from his scandalous elopement with Archduchess Louise of Austria, the"
"new singers. Maria Chiara Maria Chiara (born 24 November 1939) is an Italian lyric soprano. She was born in Oderzo and studied at the Venice Conservatory and in Turin with bass Antonio Cassinelli and soprano Maria Carbone. She made her debut in Venice in 1965, as Desdemona in ""Otello"". She frequently performed roles from the operas of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi, including ""Aida"" (a La Scala production directed by Luca Ronconi is available on DVD), Violetta Valéry in ""La traviata"", and the title roles in ""Tosca"" and ""Madama Butterfly"". Although retired as a performer, she remains active in the"
"Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 383,084 inhabitants in 2013, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area. Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called ""the Athens of the Middle Ages"". A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital"
"weekday afternoons. The church houses the cenotaphs of Popes Pius II and Pius III, who are buried in the church. The first act of the opera ""Tosca ""by Puccini is set in Sant'Andrea della Valle. However, the Cappella Attavanti used was a poetic invention. Sant'Andrea della Valle later became a model for the construction of other churches like the St. Kajetan church in Munich and the Church of St. Anne, Kraków. On the square in front of the church stands the fountain of Carlo Maderno, which until 1937 was situated in the now destroyed ""Piazza Scossacavalli"" in the Borgo. The"
"he directed, the last being in Rome in 1975. It has been observed that Gobbi's evident love of the opera ""both on stage and on disc...was one of his most towering achievements"". Overall, between 1965 and 1982, he directed productions of about ten different operas, the largest number of which were of ""Tosca"". Others included ""The Barber of Seville"" (presented three times in Chicago between 1969 and 1977); ""Otello"" (with three productions in Pasadena, California (1966), Chicago (1966), and Thessalonika, Greece in 1978); and ""Gianni Schicchi"" (given in Florence and at the Edinburgh Festival in 1969; at the Chicago Lyric"
"and the country as a whole. Mantua is noted for its significant role in the history of opera; the city is also known for its architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and the medieval and Renaissance cityscape. It is the place where the composer Monteverdi premiered his opera ""L'Orfeo"" and where Romeo was banished in Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". It is the nearest town to the birthplace of the Roman poet Virgil, who was commemorated by a statue at the lakeside park ""Piazza Virgiliana"". Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes, created during the 12th century, as"
"France; the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., USA; the Chief Secretary's Building in Sydney; and the Royal Palace, Stockholm. In England Charles Barry's great admiration for the building led him to use it as the model for London's Reform Club. In Puccini's opera ""Tosca"" (1900), set in Napoleonic Rome, the heroine's confrontation with the malevolent chief of police, Scarpia, takes place in Palazzo Farnese. The Palazzo was inherited from the Farnese by the Bourbon kings of Naples, from whom the French government purchased it in 1874. Though the government of Benito Mussolini ransomed it in 1936, the French Embassy"
"Lucca. Top Gear filmed the episode 'series 17, episode 3' here. Lucca is twinned with: Lucca Lucca () is a city and ""comune"" in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio, in a fertile plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the Province of Lucca. It is famous for its intact Renaissance-era city walls. Lucca was founded by the Etruscans (there are traces of an earlier Ligurian settlement in the 3rd century BC called ""Luk"" meaning marsh in which the name Lucca originated) and became a Roman colony in 180 BC. The rectangular grid of its historical centre"
"Novels and books partly or wholly set in Frascati include: Some operas mention Frascati, including ""La Frascatana ""(""L'Enfante de Zamora""), 1774, by Giovanni Paisiello Frascati was the birthplace of: Frascati has drawn many famous people to live there for a time including: Frascati Frascati () is a city and ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific laboratories. Frascati produces the white wine with"
"Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, at the Oper Stuttgart with Giacomo Puccini's Tosca and the at Monte-Carlo Opera with Vincenzo Bellini's I puritani. Other performances include La traviata at the Semperoper Dresden, La traviata and Orfeo ed Euridice at the Staatsoper Berlin. In concerts he conducts symphony orchestras like the Dresden Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Orchestre National de Belgique and Malmö Symphony Orchestra. Announced engagements for the 2018/19 season include his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago with La bohème and performances of Tosca at the Staatsoper Berlin with Sonya Yoncheva singing the title role. Starting from"
"Pascarella. Contemporary Romanesco is mainly represented by popular actors such as Aldo Fabrizi, Alberto Sordi, Nino Manfredi, Anna Magnani, Gigi Proietti, Enrico Montesano, and Carlo Verdone. Rome is an important centre for music, and it has an intense musical scene, including several prestigious music conservatories and theatres. It hosts the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (founded in 1585), for which new concert halls have been built in the new Parco della Musica, one of the largest musical venues in the world. Rome also has an opera house, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, as well as several minor musical institutions. The"
"form. Nevertheless, any public doubts about ""Tosca"" soon vanished; the premiere was followed by twenty performances, all given to packed houses. The Milan premiere at La Scala took place under Toscanini on 17 March 1900. Darclée and Giraldoni reprised their roles; the prominent tenor Giuseppe Borgatti replaced De Marchi as Cavaradossi. The opera was a great success at La Scala, and played to full houses. Puccini travelled to London for the British premiere at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 12 July, with Milka Ternina and Fernando De Lucia as the doomed lovers and Antonio Scotti as Scarpia. Puccini"