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These are turbulent times in Rome…
A tragic story of passion and jealousy, Tosca tells the story of the tempestuous opera singer Floria Tosca.
A newly-founded free republic, which had overthrown the aristocracy’s supremacy, has been dissolved – once again the royalists have prevailed. Queen Maria-Carolina now rules Rome, allowing her chief of police to mercilessly arrest and execute her opponents, often without a trial. The famed opera singer Floria Tosca’s lover Mario Cavaradossi, a painter, is among the opponents.
Join Cedar Rapids Opera in collaboration Orchestra Iowa for Puccini’s “volcanic” and “epic” Tosca at the Paramount Theatre.