„Tosca“ is an opera of uncontrollable passions, jealousy, revenge, hate and suicidal love set in the historical context of Europe in 1800, during the Napoleonic invasion of Italy. The story revolves around the singer Floria Tosca, her lover, the painter Mario Cavaradossi, and the corrupt police chief Baron Scarpia in a political plot that denounces the control that power tries to exert over art.

“Tosca” is one of the most representative operas of Italian verismo and a melodrama of political rivalries and passions with a dramatic ending.