Pete Saxby

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When Tosca has left, Angelotti emerges within the chapel. A cannon signals that the police have identified the escape, and he and Cavaradossi flee for the painter’s villa. The sacristan enters with choirboys who will be making ready to sing within a Te Deum that day celebrating a victory towards Napoleon. Their enjoyment is silenced through the arrival of Baron Scarpia, chief of The key police, who is attempting to find Angelotti. When Tosca comes again trying to find Cavaradossi, Scarpia exhibits her a fan Together with the Attavanti crest that he has just identified. Seemingly discovering her suspicions verified, Tosca bursts into tears. She vows vengeance and leaves since the church fills with worshipers. Scarpia sends his Males to comply with her to Cavaradossi’s villa, in which he thinks Angelotti is hiding (“Tre sbirri… Una carozza…â€). While the congregation sings the Te...

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