Tosca in S.Giovanni Evangelista

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Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian
libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien
Sardou's drama, La Tosca.
The work premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January
14, 1900. Tosca begins on an imposing, quasi‐tragic note, much
darker than the opening pages of Puccini's earlier operas.
However, the composer takes care to introduce the Sacristan, a
basso buffo, for comic relief. Puccini was always very careful to
include well‐defined minor characters. The Sacristan's banter
with Mario gradually leads to the aria Recondita armonia. This
piece requires vocal intensity and extension, together with depth of
interpretation from the tenor, and is enriched by the Sacristan's
countermelody.