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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder, and suicide, as well as some of Puccini's best-known lyrical arias.

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Tosca is a three-act opera by composer Giacomo Puccini that premiered in Rome in 1900, telling a melodramatic story set in Rome during Napoleon's invasion of Italy with themes of torture, murder, and suicide. The work is considered significant for containing some of Puccini's most celebrated musical arias and remains a frequently performed opera today.

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Opera.premiere_location: Teatro Costanzi, Rome
Opera.name: Tosca
Opera.composer: Giacomo Puccini
Opera.image: Tosca (1899).jpg
Opera.image_upright: 1.1
Opera.alt: Stylised drawing showing Tosca standing over Scarpia's body, about to lay a crucifix on his chest. The text reads: "Tosca: libretto di V Sardou, L Illica, G Giacosa. Musica di G Puccini. Riccardi & C. editori"
Opera.caption: Original poster, depicting the death of Scarpia
Opera.language: Italian