a prison, once
Act III | Cavaradossi is brought in to Castel Sant'Angelo for execution, and bribes the jailer to deliver a farewell letter to Tosca. Left alone, he sings of his memories of life and his love for her.
Tosca arrives, and tells him about Scarpia’s killing and that the execution will be a fake. The soldiers fire, Tosca compliments Cavaradossi for his theatrical death, but Cavaradossi is really dead–Scarpia has tricked them.
Guards rush to arrest Tosca for Scarpia’s murder, but she eludes them by jumping from the parapet to the Tiber and her death.
I love opera.
Placido Domingo as Cavaradossi in the 1992 production performed in the exact settings depicted in the libretto, and in real time.
The orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, was a few miles away.
The orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta, was a few miles away.
