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When you think of Tosca, one of the world s most beloved operas, you might conjure up lofty melodies, virtuoso performances and dramatic action that includes murder, suicide and a good deal of associated suffering.
You might envision, too, elaborate scenery and costumes depicting 1800s Rome, as Napoleon s troops enter a city ruled by Scarpia, the sadistic chief of police who tortures the painter Cavaradossi in order to force the artist s beloved, opera singer Tosca, into his bed. 
Did I say it was a melodrama? It is. But a surprisingly effective one.
Puccini s almost Wagnerian score ranks alongside his other operatic zeniths, such as La Boheme, Turandot and Madama Butterfly. ....

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