Baron Scarpia

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fictional character opera character villain

Baron Scarpia is the ruthless and manipulative chief of police in Puccini’s opera "Tosca," known as one of opera’s most notorious villains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
villain ⓘ
appearsIn Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ
artForm opera ⓘ
associatedWith political repression ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
sexual coercion ⓘ
torture ⓘ
basedOn Scarpia (character in Victorien Sardou's play "La Tosca") NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait authoritarian ⓘ
corrupt ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
sadistic ⓘ
commands Roman police ⓘ
createdBy Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giuseppe Giacosa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luigi Illica NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathCause stabbed by Floria Tosca ⓘ
dramaticFunction embodiment of tyranny and corruption in "Tosca" ⓘ
employer Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
enemyOf Floria Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mario Cavaradossi NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance "Tosca" (premiered 1900) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn verismo opera ⓘ
hasTitle Baron NERFINISHED ⓘ
killedBy Floria Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
moralAlignment evil ⓘ
nationality Roman (fictional) ⓘ
notableAction attempts to coerce Tosca into sexual submission ⓘ
tortures Mario Cavaradossi ⓘ
notableAriaOrSection featured prominently in the Te Deum (end of Act I) ⓘ
notableFor being one of opera's most notorious villains ⓘ
notableScene Te Deum scene in Act I of "Tosca" NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation chief of police ⓘ
operaBy Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Baron NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork main antagonist in "Tosca" ⓘ
settingOfRole Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction Napoleonic era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" → enemyOf → Baron Scarpia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cavaradossi
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" → arrestedBy → Baron Scarpia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cavaradossi
Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" → torturedBy → Baron Scarpia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cavaradossi