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La Tosca is a five-act dramatic play by Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou

File:Victorien SardouVF.jpgFile:Sardou Grave.JPGVictorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is perhaps best remembered today for the play La Tosca on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca is based....
, first produced in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 in 1887, with Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress in the history of the world". Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas....
 in the title role.

The New York revival with Bernhardt in 1900 was also well received.

The play is set in Rome in mid-June 1800, against the background of the historical events then occurring (see ref 1 & 2, and Battle of Marengo (1800)
Battle of Marengo (1800)

The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French First Republic forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian Empire forces near the city of Alessandria, in Kingdom of Sardinia, Italy....
).

As in the opera, the principal characters are
Floria Tosca, a singer
Mario Cavaradossi, her lover, an artist
Baron Scarpia, the head of the Secret Police


Sardou's text was the basis of the opera Tosca
Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....
 (1900) by Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas....
.






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La Tosca is a five-act dramatic play by Victorien Sardou
Victorien Sardou

File:Victorien SardouVF.jpgFile:Sardou Grave.JPGVictorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is perhaps best remembered today for the play La Tosca on which Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca is based....
, first produced in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 in 1887, with Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress in the history of the world". Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas....
 in the title role.

The New York revival with Bernhardt in 1900 was also well received.

The play is set in Rome in mid-June 1800, against the background of the historical events then occurring (see ref 1 & 2, and Battle of Marengo (1800)
Battle of Marengo (1800)

The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French First Republic forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian Empire forces near the city of Alessandria, in Kingdom of Sardinia, Italy....
).

As in the opera, the principal characters are
Floria Tosca, a singer
Mario Cavaradossi, her lover, an artist
Baron Scarpia, the head of the Secret Police


Sardou's text was the basis of the opera Tosca
Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....
 (1900) by Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas....
. Verdi had earlier expressed a desire to set the text, but only if the ending were changed. Puccini initially also attempted to get Sardou to amend the 'abrupt' final scene, but without success.

La Tosca is also one of the remaining 15 Opera Class Boats at Hoylake Sailing Club, Wirral, UK