Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"

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Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" is the passionate idealist painter and lover of Tosca whose defiance of tyranny drives much of the opera’s dramatic and tragic action.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
tenor role
appearsIn Tosca
arrestedBy Baron Scarpia
associatedWithEvent Battle of Marengo
basedOn Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mario Cavaradossi (character in Victorien Sardou's play "La Tosca")
causeOfDeath political persecution
characterTrait courageous
defiant
idealistic
loyal
passionate
creator Giacomo Puccini
dramaticFunction central male protagonist in "Tosca"
political martyr
romantic hero
enemyOf Baron Scarpia
firstPerformanceYear 1900
firstPerformedAt Teatro Costanzi, Rome
friendOf Cesare Angelotti
helpsCharacter Cesare Angelotti
inLoveWith Tosca
surface form: Floria Tosca
jealousyTriggerFor Tosca
surface form: Floria Tosca
languageOfWork Italian
librettistOfWork Giuseppe Giacosa
Luigi Illica
loverOf Tosca
surface form: Floria Tosca
mannerOfDeath execution by firing squad
name Mario Cavaradossi
nationality Italian
notableAria E lucevan le stelle
Recondita armonia
occupation painter
operaActAppearances Act I
Act II
Act III
paintsImageOf Marchesa
surface form: Marchesa Attavanti
politicalAlignment anti-monarchist
opponent of tyranny
republican
religiousContext works in the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
sceneOfDeath Act III of "Tosca"
setInCity Rome
setInYear 1800
torturedBy Baron Scarpia
voiceType tenor

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Plácido Domingo notableRole Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
José Carreras notableRole Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" basedOn Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Cavaradossi
this entity surface form: Mario Cavaradossi (character in Victorien Sardou's play "La Tosca")
Franco Corelli notableRole Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
this entity surface form: Cavaradossi in Tosca
Jussi Björling notableRole Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
this entity surface form: Cavaradossi in Tosca
Jonas Kaufmann hasRole Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca"
this entity surface form: Cavaradossi in Tosca