GP at the Met: Tosca
A painter Cavaradossi helps the escaped political prisoner Angelotti hide from the police.
GP at the Met: Tosca Great Performances
Sir David McVicar’s ravishing production is set in 1800 Rome, where painter Cavaradossi helps the escaped political prisoner Angelotti hide from the police while his jealous lover, opera diva Floria Tosca, suspects him of being unfaithful. The sadistic chief of police Baron Scarpia, who is hunting the fugitive, longs for Tosca and vows to bend the singer to his will after arousing her jealousy.
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