Unable to endure, she reveals Angelotti's hiding place. Scarpia invites Tosca to come over and makes her listen to the screams of tortured Cavaradossi. Scarpia is interrogating the painter, but all in vain. Instead of Angelotti, Cavaradossi is brought to him. Scarpia awaits the news on Angelotti’s capture and is thinking about Tosca. Scarpia, who has long been coveting Tosca, decides to take advantage of the situation in order to get her in his power and get rid of the rival. As she leaves the church in search for the beloved Cavaradossi, Scarpia has the diva trailed. Scarpia attempts to foment her jealous suspicions in order to obtain some information on Angelotti. Tosca comes back looking for Cavaradossi.
Rumor has it that Napoléon Bonaparte has been defeated and it is time to prepare the celebration in honor of the victory of Italian monarchists.īaron Scarpia, chief of the secret police and the man the entire Rome is afraid of, enters the church in search of Angelotti. The friends flee, before the Sacristan, who has received the message from the battle fields, appears. A cannon from the Castel Sant'Angelo signals that the police have discovered the escape of Angelotti. When Tosca has left, Angelotti ventures out again and together with Cavardossi they make the plans for escape. Cavaradossi attempts to reassure her that there is no reason for jealousy. She jealously and suspiciously questions why the beloved has locked himself in. Angelotti hides back into the chapel as he hears Floria Tosca, a celebrated opera singer and Cavaradossi’s beloved woman, approaching. Cavaradossi promises to help his friend to flee Rome. Angelotti, recognizing his fellow liberal, ventures out. Mario Cavaradossi, an artist working on the painting, enters the chapel. Cesare Angelotti, the consul of the fallen Republic of Rome and a political prisoner, has escaped and is hiding in the church of Sant' Andrea della Valle.
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