Tosca returns, looking for Cavaradossi, but instead meets Scarpia. He searches the church for the runaway prisoner among many traces of Angelotti’s presence he finds a fan belonging to Countess Attavanti, Angelotti’s sister, who most likely helped her brother to hide.ġ1:30 a.m. Suddenly, Scarpia, Rome’s police prefect, arrives with his men. Orders are given to prepare for the Te Deum and a special evening concert at which Tosca is to sing. The sacristan brings news of the alleged victory of the regime’s troops over the revolutionary forces. Cavaradossi convinces her of his love and sends her away, then he and Angelotti leave the church.ġ1 a.m. Seeing the painter’s confusion, Tosca suspects him of cheating on her. Just then, however, the painter’s jealous lover, famous singer Floria Tosca, arrives. Thinking he is alone, Angelotti steps out and bumps into Cavaradossi, who promises to help him. The sacristan helps the painter get set up, then leaves. He does not know that Cesare Angelotti, an escaped prisoner, is hiding in the church. Mario Cavaradossi, a painter, is working in a historical chapel, renovating a fresco depicting Mary Magdalene.
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