Summary of Giacomo Puccini. Yearning
YEARNING
A musical drama in three acts
Libretto by L. Illik and D. Giacosa
Characters:
Floria Tosca, the famous singer Mario Cavaradossi, artist Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police Cesare Angelotti Sacristan Spoletta, a police agent Scaryone, gendarme Jailer Shepherd | Soprano Tenor Baritone Bass Baritone Tenor Bass Bass Alto |
Cardinal, city prosecutor, hangman, scribe, officer, sergeant, soldiers, sobors, townspeople, people.
Venue: Rome.
Time: June, 1800 year.
PLOT
The political prisoner Angelotti who fled the fortress took refuge in the church. Here, in the chapel of his sister Marquise Attavanti, a dress for escape is hidden. The artist Kavaradossi
The holiday continues. In the Palazzo Farnese, Scarpia waits for reports. Embraced by a lust of love, he sends Tosca through a subordinate invitation to come to him. Agent Spoletta reports that the search of the villa did not yield any results. Scarpia orders the arrest of the arrested artist, who must tell me where the fugitive is hiding. However, Kavaradossi courageously rejects attempts to force him to confess. Convicted of torture, he manages to remind Toska of the need to remain silent. Insinuating speeches Scarpia tries to find out a secret from her, but in vain. Only the screams of the victim deprive Tosca of composure, and she reveals the location of Angelotti. The policemen bring in the unconscious Cavaradossi. Hardly having come to himself, he addresses the question to Tosca – whether she kept her promise. Tosca answers in the affirmative. But the words of the order of Scarpia, sending the detectives to the well, reveal the truth to him. In anger, the artist curses his beloved. At this moment, Spoletta brings news that the victory was imaginary and the army of Napoleon is approaching Rome. The resurrected Cavaradossi rushes to the police chief, but he is seized and taken away. Scarpia offers Tosca a shameful deal. He will save Kavaradossi life and freedom, if Tosca will be given to him. Anguish with indignation rejects these infamous claims. Then Scarpia threatens to bring the death penalty into execution immediately, and Tosca is forced to yield. Scarpia promises her that the shooting will be carried out with blank shots and gives instructions to Spolette. At the insistence of Tosca Scarpia writes for her a cover letter to the fortress. At that moment, Tosca quietly hides the knife lying on the table behind her. And when the triumphant Scarpia wants to embrace her, she thrusts the blade into him. With a letter in his hand Tosca rushes to the languishing in the dungeon of Cavaradossi.
In the twilight twilight looms the platform of the fortress tower – the place of execution of prisoners. This leads Cavaradossi, who had an hour before the execution. In the last moments of his life he writes a farewell letter to his beloved. Sadness suddenly appears. She tells him about the imminent shooting and death of Scarpia. Soldiers line up before the convict. Confident of a happy ending, he calmly rises before the gunpoints aiming. The volley rattled. Mario is falling. Yearning rushes to him and too late to make sure of Scarpia’s treachery. The artist is dead. Now the mortal danger threatens herself. It is surrounded by the pursuers, who learned about the murder of Scarpia. In order not to fall into the hands of executioners, Tosca runs to the edge of the platform and rushes down from the parapet.
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