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showstopper of Tosca - ️️Tosca's Vissi d'arte ("I lived for art") (Act 2) (note: most of the operas at this time though were "through-composed") Saint Andrea della Valle - ️️church in Rome, Italy (where Cavaradossi is painting when Angelotti comes in) composer and musical period of Tosca - ️️Giacomo Puccini (Romantic) premiere year and location of Tosca - ️️1900, Rome (Teatro Costanzi) librettist(s) of Tosca - ️️Illica and Giacosa language of Tosca - ️️Italian Cavaradossi - ️️tenor Tosca - ️️spinto soprano Scarpia - ️️bass baritone Angelotti - ️️bass Sacristan - ️️basso buffo number of acts of Tosca - ️️3 place and time of plot of Tosca - ️️Rome, 1800s Castel Sant'Angelo - ️️the prison that Angelotti escaped from in Act 1, and the site of the execution in Act 3 Palazzo Farnese - ️️where Scarpia lives in Act 2 opera genre and characteristics of Tosca - ️️verismo opera (realism): torture, attempted rape, murder, suicide Puccini's rank and strong point - ️️greatest Italian opera composer after Verdi; strong melodiesAttavanti family - ️️noble family that owned the chapel (Angelotti's family, and his sister hid the key for him when he escaped prison) what happened in a recent production of Tosca - ️️encore of Cavaradossi's "E lucevan le stelle" but then Tosca (diva) didn't come out