![]() ![]() While passing through the public square in front of the theater, Scarpia is attracted by a great multitude of people, and, upon investigation, finds that a political demonstration is in progress and that some strong speeches are being made against the government. But she will have none of him and when he tries to embrace her she calls for help, whereupon Mario rushes in and strongly denounces the cowardly villain, who leaves the place, vowing vengeance. Mario reluctantly retires, and when Scarpia finds himself alone with the woman whom he intends winning, he immediately makes ardent love to her. ![]() The happy lovers are together when Baron Scarpia, who is chief of police and a man greatly feared by all, enters and imperiously demands a private audience with Tosca. The opening- scene of this powerful drama reveals the interior of the dressing room of Floria Tosca, a public singer, who is in love with a young artist named Mario Cavaradossi.The synopsis below may give away important plot points. ![]()
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