Giacomo Puccini

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The opera Tosca was based on a play written in 1887, La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, a play in five acts with more subplots than the opera. Arguably, the opera is an improvement over the complex play (Plotkin 207-208).

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The opera Tosca was based on a play written in 1887, La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, a play in five acts with more subplots than the opera. Arguably, the opera is an improvement over the complex play (Plotkin 207-208). However, the opera aroused more opposition than any of Puccini's works "by reason of its alleged coarseness and brutality" (Sadie, The New Grove Book of Operas 621), though at the same time, Tosca remains one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular operas. The libretto has a political plot, with the evil Scarpia on the side of the bourbons who were ruling Rome at the time, while the conspirators Angelotti and Mario support Napoleon, whom they hope will be successful and will free Rome from is oppressors. On one level, the opera is..."

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