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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera act ⓘ
actNumber 3 ⓘ
ariaSinger Mario Cavaradossi ⓘ
CavaradossiDeathMethod firing squad ⓘ
composer Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
concludesWork Tosca ⓘ
containsEvent Cavaradossi writes a farewell letter ⓘ
Tosca is pursued by authorities ⓘ
Tosca learns the execution will be real ⓘ
linked to: Act III of "Tosca"

mock-execution plan is revealed as a deception ⓘ
dramaticClimax execution of Cavaradossi ⓘ
suicide of Tosca ⓘ
endingTone tragic ⓘ
featuresCharacter Baron Scarpia ⓘ
Floria Tosca ⓘ
linked to: Tosca

Jailer ⓘ
Mario Cavaradossi ⓘ
Shepherd boy ⓘ
finalActOf Tosca ⓘ
follows Act II of Tosca ⓘ
genreContext verismo opera ⓘ
includesAria E lucevan le stelle ⓘ
includesDuet Tosca and Cavaradossi farewell duet ⓘ
linked to: Act III of "Tosca"
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Giuseppe Giacosa ⓘ
Luigi Illica ⓘ
musicalFeature dramatic orchestral writing ⓘ
lyrical tenor aria ⓘ
use of church bells at dawn ⓘ
opensWith shepherd boy’s offstage song ⓘ
partOf Tosca ⓘ
premiereWorkDate 1900 ⓘ
premiereWorkPlace Teatro Costanzi, Rome ⓘ
ScarpiaStatus already dead before the act begins ⓘ
settingCity Rome ⓘ
settingCountry Italy ⓘ
settingHistoricalPeriod Napoleonic era ⓘ
settingLocation Castel Sant’Angelo ⓘ
linked to: Castel Sant'Angelo
settingTimeOfDay dawn ⓘ
settingYear 1800 ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
despair ⓘ
love ⓘ
political oppression ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
ToscaDeathMethod jump from the battlements ⓘ

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

Cavaradossi → sceneOfDeath → Act III of "Tosca" ⓘ
Mario Cavaradossi → singsInAct → Act I of Tosca ⓘ
linked to: Act III of "Tosca"
Mario Cavaradossi → singsInAct → Act III of Tosca ⓘ
linked to: Act III of "Tosca"
Act III of Tosca → includesDuet → Tosca and Cavaradossi farewell duet ⓘ
subject linked to: Act III of "Tosca"
linked to: Act III of "Tosca"
Act III of Tosca → containsEvent → Tosca learns the execution will be real ⓘ
subject linked to: Act III of "Tosca"
linked to: Act III of "Tosca"