Act III of "Tosca"
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Act III of "Tosca" is the opera’s final act, set at dawn atop Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo, culminating in the tragic deaths of Cavaradossi and Tosca.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Act III of Tosca | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera act ⓘ |
| actNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| ariaSinger | Mario Cavaradossi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| CavaradossiDeathMethod | firing squad ⓘ |
| composer | Giacomo Puccini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concludesWork | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEvent |
Cavaradossi writes a farewell letter
ⓘ
Tosca is pursued by authorities ⓘ Tosca learns the execution will be real NERFINISHED ⓘ mock-execution plan is revealed as a deception ⓘ |
| dramaticClimax |
execution of Cavaradossi
ⓘ
suicide of Tosca ⓘ |
| endingTone | tragic ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Baron Scarpia
NERFINISHED
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Floria Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ Jailer ⓘ Mario Cavaradossi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shepherd boy ⓘ |
| finalActOf | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Act II of Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | verismo opera ⓘ |
| includesAria | E lucevan le stelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesDuet | Tosca and Cavaradossi farewell duet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist |
Giuseppe Giacosa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luigi Illica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
dramatic orchestral writing
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lyrical tenor aria ⓘ use of church bells at dawn ⓘ |
| opensWith | shepherd boy’s offstage song ⓘ |
| partOf | Tosca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereWorkDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| premiereWorkPlace | Teatro Costanzi, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ScarpiaStatus | already dead before the act begins ⓘ |
| settingCity | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingHistoricalPeriod | Napoleonic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Castel Sant’Angelo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimeOfDay | dawn ⓘ |
| settingYear | 1800 ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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despair ⓘ love ⓘ political oppression ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| ToscaDeathMethod | jump from the battlements ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cavaradossi