Tosca (1992)

Contemporary Rome is the setting for this unique and highly innovative version of Puccinis Tosca performed in the Roman locationsand at the same times of dayas Puccini had written into his score Thus the action opens in the beautiful 16th century church of SantAndrea della Valle at noon where Cavaradossi Domingo is painting a portrait moves to the Farnese Palace that evening where Tosca Malfitano dramatically stabs the lustful Scarpia Raimondi and finally in the battlements of Castel SantAngelo at dawn the following day where the last moments of the drama are completed