" Untranslated subtitle " " Untranslated subtitle " " Untranslated subtitle " "At last I was so terrified, every face looked like a policeman's" "The stoup" "The pillar" "At the statue of Our Lady was what my sister wrote" "Here's the key" "And that's the chapel" "Never finished washing" "Every brush is dirtier than a poor priest's collar" "Mister painter" "Nobody there I could have sworn Cavalier Cavaradossi was back" "No, I'm mistaken." "The basket hasn't been touched" "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae" "Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto" "Ecce ancilla Domini" "Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum" "Et verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis" " What are you doing?" " Saying the Angelus" "Heavens, it's her portrait" "Whose?" "The unknown woman who's been coming here to pray" "Pious and devout" "You're right." "She was praying so fervently that she didn't see me paint her lovely face" "Get thee behind me, Satan" "Give me the paints" "What subtle harmony of different beauties" "Floria, my passionate lover, is dark" "Faith is not to be made fun of" "You, unknown beauty, crowned with blonde tresses your eyes are blue" "Tosca's are dark" "Mysteriously..." " Untranslated subtitle - ...art blends the two beauties together" "But while I paint her all my thoughts are of you" "Tosca, of you" " Untranslated subtitle " "But there's nothing you can say to these filthy free-thinkers enemies of the Holy See" "Faith is not to be made fun of" "No sign of repentance from any of them" "It's better to make the sign of the cross" " l'm going, your lordship" " As you wish" "The basket's full." "Are you fasting?" " l'm not hungry" " What a shame" "Remember to close up when you go" "Someone's there" "Cavaradossi?" "God has sent you" "Don't you recognise me?" "Has prison changed me so much?" "Angelotti!" "Consul of the defunct Roman republic I've just escaped from Castel Sant'Angelo I'm ready to help you" " Mario" " Hide" "She's a jealous woman." "I'll send her away in a moment" " Mario" " Here I am" "I can hardly stand up" "There's food and wine in this basket" " Thank you" " Hurry" " Untranslated subtitle " " Untranslated subtitle " "Here I am" " Why was the door locked?" " lt's what the Sacristan wants" " Who were you talking to?" " You" "You were whispering something else." "Where is she?" " Who?" " Her!" "The woman I heard hurried footsteps and rustling clothes" " You're imagining it" " Do you deny it?" "I deny it and I love you ln front of Our Lady" "No, Mario, first let me pray to her and offer my flowers" "Listen, I'm singing tonight, but it's a short performance" "Wait for me at the stage door and we'll go off to your villa" "Just us two" "Tonight?" "It's a full moon" "The night-scented flowers will fill our hearts with love" "Aren't you pleased?" "Yes" " Say it again" " Yes" "Don't say it like that" "Aren't you longing for our little house hidden in the trees?" "Our secret love-nest, full of love and mystery" "To be by your side, listening to the sounds of nature in the dark" "At night, from the bushes and the scorched grass from the depths of ruined tombs, smelling of thyme..." "They make our hearts tender" "Blossom, broad meadows, blow, sea breezes" "Sea breezes in the pale moonlight" "Starry vaults, shower down desire" "Tosca is on fire with love" "You've caught me in your snare, my siren" "Love is burning in Tosca's blood" "My siren, I'll come" "My love" "Now leave me to work" " Are you chasing me away?" " My work is urgent I'm going" "Who is that blonde woman up there?" " Mary Magdalene." "Do you like it?" " She's too pretty" " A nice compliment" " Are you laughing?" "I've seen those blue eyes before" "The world is full of them" "Wait..." " lt's Marchesa Attavanti" " Well done" "Are you seeing her?" "Are you in love?" " lt was mere chance" " Those footsteps, those whispers" "She was here just now" "The flirt!" "To do this to me I saw her yesterday, but only by chance" "She came here to pray and I painted her unseen" " Swear it - l swear" "She's staring at me" " She's making fun of me" " Don't be foolish" "Those eyes" "What other eyes could compare with your passionate dark eyes?" "They are the centre of my whole being" "Eyes that are gentle in love, bright in anger" "What other eyes can compare with yours?" "How practised you are in the art of winning love" "But make her eyes dark" "How jealous you are" "Yes, I never stop tormenting you" "But I'm sure you'll forgive me" "But I'm sure you'll forgive me when you see how I suffer" "Tosca, I adore you, I like everything about you..." " l'm sure you'll forgive me - ...your anger and your love" "Say those comforting words again" "My anxious love, I'll always say, 'Floria, I love you'" "Put your mind at rest, I'll always say, 'l love you'" "How sinful!" "You've ruined my hair" "Now leave me" "Keep working until this evening" "Promise me, whether by chance, whether blonde or brunette no woman will come here to pray" "I swear it, my love" " Go" " How you hurry me" " Not again?" " No, forgive me" " ln front of Our Lady?" " She's so good" "But make her eyes dark" "Tosca's a good woman, but she's a believer" "She keeps nothing secret from her confessor" "That's why I kept quiet lt's more prudent" " Are we alone?" " Yes" "What do you plan to do?" "Depending on what happens, I'll either leave the state or go into hiding in Rome" " My sister..." " Marchesa Attavanti?" "Yes, she hid some women's clothing under the altar there" "Dress, veil, fan" "When it gets dark I'll put them on" "Now I understand" "For a lovely young woman to be so anxious and pray so fervently made me suspect a secret love-affair" "Now I understand lt was a sister's love" "She's risked everything to save me from the evil Scarpia" "Scarpia?" "A bigot, a satyr who uses religion to sharpen his lust" "He makes confessor and hangman instruments of his lascivious will" "Even if it costs me my life I'll save you" "But it's not safe to wait until dark" "The daylight frightens me" "Outside there's an open garden" "Then a thicket runs past the fields to my villa" " l know it" " Here's the key I'll meet you there before dark." "Take the clothes with you" "Should I put them on?" "There's no need yet, the path's deserted" "Farewell lf you're in danger go to the well in the garden" "Halfway down there's an opening into a hiding-place" "You'll be safe there" "The castle cannon" "They've discovered your escape" "Now Scarpia will unleash his bloodhounds" " Farewell - l'll come with you" " We'll be on our guard" " Someone's coming lf we're attacked we'll fight" "Great rejoicing, your lordship" "He's gone." "What a shame" "Annoying an unbeliever earns an indulgence" "The whole choir, here, come quickly" " Where?" " into the sacristy" " What's happened?" " Don't you know?" " Wicked Bonaparte..." " Well?" "He's been plucked, crushed and sent down to hell" " lt can't be true - lt's the truth" " The news has just arrived" " Let's celebrate the victory" "Tonight there will be a torchlit procession" "A gala at the Farnese Palace" "A special new cantata with Floria Tosca" "Hymns to the Lord in the churches" "Off you go and get changed" "Double pay!" "Te Deum and Gloria" "Let's celebrate the victory." "A torchlit procession" "Long live the King!" "Te Deum and Gloria" "What an uproar in church!" "Such disrespect" "Your excellency, the great rejoicing" "Get ready for the Te Deum" " You stay here - l won't move" "You, go and search every corner" "Collect every clue" "Keep an eye on the doors, but don't arouse suspicion" "Now you" "Think before you answer" "A state prisoner has just escaped from the Castel Sant'Angelo" " He took refuge here" " Mercy" "Perhaps he's still here." "Where is the Attavanti chapel?" "There... open!" "Another key" "A good sign." "Let's go in" "It was a bad mistake to fire the cannon" "The scoundrel has taken flight" "But he left a precious trophy, a fan" "What accomplice helped in this crime?" "Marchesa Attavanti." "Her crest" "Her portrait" "Who painted that picture?" " Cavalier Cavaradossi" " Him" "The basket" "Tosca's lover, a man under suspicion, a Voltairean" " Empty?" " What did you say?" "They found this basket in the chapel" " Do you recognise it?" " Of course lt's the painter's, but all the same..." "Spit it out I left it full of delicious food, for the painter's lunch" " And he ate it - ln the chapel?" "He didn't have a key, and he said himself he wasn't hungry" "So I'd already put it aside" "It's all clear now." "Angelotti took the provisions" "Tosca?" "She must not see me lago used a handkerchief to bring down a jealous man I have a fan" "Mario!" "Cavaradossi?" "Who knows where he is?" "He's vanished, by his own magic ls he deceiving me?" "No, he couldn't betray me" "Divine Tosca, my hand awaits your little hand" "Not in gallantry, but to offer you holy water" "Thank you, sir" "You set a noble example" "You draw from heaven an art which rekindles faith" " How kind" " Devout women are rare" "You appear on stage, yet you come to church to pray" "What do you mean?" "Not like some shameless women who look like Mary Magdalene and come here for love" "What?" "Love?" "Prove it" "Does a painter use this?" " A fan." "Where was it?" " On that platform" "Someone disturbed the lovers, and she lost her feathers as she fled" "The crown, the crest, Marchesa Attavanti" " Just as I suspected - ( l've achieved my aim)" "And I was coming here in sorrow to tell him that the sky would darken in vain tonight" "For his adoring Tosca will be trapped... (The poison has bitten )" "...trapped at the royal celebrations" " Untranslated subtitle " "What is upsetting you, madam?" "One rebellious tear is falling on your lovely cheek" "Sweet lady, what is distressing you?" "Nothing I'd give my life to dry those tears" "Here I am suffering while he laughs at my torment" "The poison's biting" "Where am I?" "If only I could catch the traitors" "Does he take two lovers to the villa?" "Traitor" "My love-nest has been defiled I'll surprise them there" "Tonight he will not be yours." "I swear it ln church!" "God will forgive me" "He sees that I'm weeping" "Three agents, a carriage" "Quick, follow her wherever she goes" " Take care not to be seen" " Where shall we meet?" "Farnese Palace" "On your way, Tosca." "Scarpia is nesting in your heart" "Scarpia will set the falcon of your jealousy flying" "Your ready suspicion promises much" "Scarpia is nesting in your heart" "I have two goals in my sights" "And the rebel's head is not the greater prize" "To see the fire in those victorious eyes smoulder with love" "Caught in my arms smouldering with love" "One to the gallows" "The other in my arms" " Untranslated subtitle " "Tosca, you make me forget God" "Te aeternum Patrem omnis terra veneratur" "Tosca makes a good falcon I'm sure my bloodhounds are seizing their double prey right now" "Dawn tomorrow will see Angelotti and Mario hanging from a noose" " ls Tosca in the palace?" " A chamberlain has gone to find her" "Open up" "It is late" "The prima donna hasn't appeared yet" "Meanwhile, they're scraping away at gavottes" "Wait for Tosca at the entrance" "Tell her that I expect her when the cantata is over" "Or better..." "Give her this message" "She will come because she loves her Mario" "Because she loves her Mario she'll surrender to my wishes" "Such is the great misery of great love" "A violent conquest has more flavour than soft consent I find little satisfaction in sighs and the rising of the moon I cannot strum a guitar or tell the future in flower petals" "Nor make sheep's eyes or coo like a dove" "When I want something I go after it I take my fill and throw it away, then turn to a new quarry" "God created different beauties and different wines I want to taste as much as I can of that divine work" "Spoletta is here" "Perfect timing" "How did the chase go?" "Help me, St Ignatius" "We followed the lady" "When we got to an isolated villa she went in but soon came out again, alone I jumped over the wall with the dogs and burst into the house" "Well done, Spoletta I sniffed around, searched..." "Angelotti?" " Couldn't be found" " You fool" "Traitor, to the gallows" " The painter was there..." " Cavaradossi?" "He knows where the man's hiding" "Every gesture, every word was so mocking that I arrested him" "That's a bit better" "He's there" "Show the Cavalier in" "Bring me Roberti and the Judge" "Such violence" "Please, take a seat I want to know why..." " Be seated - l'll stand" "As you wish" "You are aware that a prisoner..." "Her voice" "You're aware that a prisoner escaped from Castel Sant'Angelo today" "No" "Yet it seems that you let him into Sant'Andrea and gave him food and clothing" "Lies" "You led him to your house, outside the city I deny it." "What proof have you?" "A loyal subject..." "Come to the point." "Who's accusing me?" "Your agents searched the villa in vain" "Which shows he's well hidden" "A spy's suspicions" "He laughed while we searched" "And I'm still laughing" "This is a place for tears" "Be careful" "That's enough" "Answer" "Where's Angelotti?" "I don't know" "Do you deny giving him food?" " l deny it" " And clothes?" "And that he's hiding at your villa?" "I deny it" "Think carefully, this stubbornness is not wise" "A confession will save you a great deal of suffering" "Take my advice tell me where Angelotti is" "I don't know" "For the last time, where is he?" "I don't know" "Mario, what you are doing here?" "Say nothing of what you saw, or you'll kill me" "Mario Cavaradossi, the Judge awaits your testimony" "First the usual procedures" "Then as I instruct" "Now let's have a chat like good friends" "You don't need to look so alarmed I'm not at all alarmed" "The affair of the fan?" "Silly jealousy" "Attavanti wasn't at the villa?" " No, he was alone" " Alone?" "Are you quite sure?" "Nothing escapes a jealous eye." "Quite alone" " Really?" " Yes, alone" "Such passion" "You seem afraid that you'll betray yourself" "Sciarrone what does the Cavalier say?" "He denies it" "Let's persevere" " lt's pointless" " We'll see" "So one has to lie to please you?" "No, but the truth could cut short a very painful time for him" "A painful time?" "What's happening in that room?" "The law must take its course" "Oh my God, what's happening?" "Your lover is bound hand and foot, with a band round his temples" "At each denial it spurts blood without mercy lt's not true, you sneering demon" "is that a groan?" "Show some mercy" " lt's up to you to save him" " Very well, but stop it" "Sciarrone, loosen him" " Completely?" " Completely" "Now for the truth" " Let me see him" " No" "Are they still torturing you?" "No, be strong, say nothing." "I scorn pain" " Now, Tosca, speak - l don't know anything" "Was that not enough?" "Roberti, start again" " No, stop" " Will you speak?" "You beast, you're torturing him, killing him" "Your silence is torturing him far more" "Are you laughing at this pain?" "Tosca was never more tragic on stage" "Open the doors so that she can hear him crying out I defy you" "Harder, harder" "Speak" "What can I say?" "I don't know anything." "Do I have to lie?" "Where is Angelotti?" "Tell me where he is hidden" " l can't take any more" " Say where he is" "Stop this suffering, it's too much to bear I can't take any more" "Mario, will you let me speak?" "Listen, I can't take any more" "What do you know?" "What can you say?" "Make him shut up" "What have I ever done to you?" "I'm the one you're torturing" "You're torturing my soul" "In the well in the garden" " ls that where Angelotti is?" " Yes" "That's enough, Roberti" " He's fainted" " Murderer I want to see him" "Bring him in" " Floria" " My love" " ls it you?" " How you've suffered, my love" "But God is righteous and will punish him" "Tosca, did you say anything?" " No, my love" " Truly?" "In the well in the garden." "Off you go, Spoletta" "You've betrayed me" "Curse you" " Such news, sir" " What's up with you?" "News of defeat" "What defeat?" "How?" "When?" " At Marengo" " Get on with it" " Bonaparte has won" " And Melas?" "Melas is in retreat" "Victory" "The day of vengeance has dawned to make the wicked tremble" "Liberty arises and tyranny crumbles" "Mario, be quiet, have pity on me" "Scarpia, inside you're trembling" "You're a dead man, on your way" "Get him away from me" "You're a dead man" "I'm with you" "Not you" "Save him" "Me?" "You" "My poor supper was interrupted" "So downhearted?" "Come along, sit here" "Shall we try to find a way to save him?" "Well, sit down and let's talk" "Have something to drink." "It's Spanish wine" "A drop to revive your spirits" "How much?" "Your price" "Yes, I'm said to be mercenary" "But I don't sell myself to a pretty woman for money" "For a pretty woman I don't sell myself for money" "If I must betray what I've sworn I want a different kind of payment" "I've waited for this moment I was already eaten up with love for the prima donna" "But just now I saw you as I've never seen you before" "Your tears were a fire to my senses" "And when you looked at me with hatred it inflamed my desire" "Lithe as a leopard you clung to your lover" "At that moment I swore you'd be mine" "I'd sooner throw myself out" "Mario is still my hostage" "What a vile bargain I won't use violence" "You are free to go" "But your hope is misplaced" "The Queen would be pardoning a corpse" "How you hate me" "That's how I want you" "Don't touch me I hate you, you're depraved, vile" "What's the difference?" "Aching with hate or aching with love" "Do you hear that?" "It's the drum lt's leading the condemned men on their last journey" "Time is passing" "Do you know what dark business is happening down there?" "They're raising a scaffold" "Depending on you, your Mario has only an hour left to live" "I have lived for art and for love I have never harmed a living soul" "Anonymously, I've helped anyone I've known in distress" "My sincere prayers have always risen to the holy tabernacles I've given flowers for the altars with sincere faith" "In my hour of grief why, my Lord why do you repay me like this?" "I've given jewels for Our Lady's cloak I've offered my songs to the stars and heaven smiled" "In my hour of grief, why, my Lord why do you repay me like this?" "Look" "I stretch out my hands in prayer to you" "Defeated, I wait for the mercy of your word" "You're too beautiful, Tosca, and too loving I concede." "A miserable bargain" "You ask me for a life, I ask you for a moment" "Away, you revolt me" "Who's there?" "When we got there Angelotti killed himself" "String his corpse up on the gibbet" " And the other prisoner?" " Cavaradossi?" "Everything's ready" "God help me" "Wait" "Well?" " Listen" " But I want him freed at once" "We'll have to pretend." "I can't be openly merciful" "Everyone must think he's dead" "This trustworthy man will see to it" " How can I be sure?" " l'll give the order now" "Spoletta, shut the door" "I've changed my mind" "The prisoner will be shot" "Wait, the way we did with Count Palmieri" " An execution..." " ...in appearance" "As happened with Palmieri." "Do you understand?" "I understand" " l want to tell him myself" " Very well." "Let her through" "Remember, at four o'clock..." "Just like Palmieri" " l've kept my promise" " Not yet I want a safe conduct to be able to leave the state with him" " Do you mean to leave?" " Yes, for ever" "As you wish" " Which route do you choose?" " The shortest" " Civitavecchia?" " Yes" "Tosca, at last you're mine" "Curse you" "This is Tosca's kiss" "Help, I'm dying" "Are you choking on your blood?" "Killed by a woman" "You tortured me too much" "Can you still hear?" "Look, it's Tosca" "Die in damnation" "Die" "He's dead" "Now I forgive him" "And the whole of Rome used to tremble before him" "So many sighs I send to you" "As many as there are leaves blown by the wind" "You scorn me and break my heart" "Lamp of gold, for you I die" "Mario Cavaradossi?" "Here" "You have an hour." "A priest is waiting for you" "No, but I have a last favour to ask you lf l can I'm leaving behind a person dear to me" "Let me write her a short note" "All I have left of my riches is this ring" "If you promise to give her my final farewell you can have it" "Write" "And the stars were shining" "The earth was smelling sweet" "The garden gate creaked and a footstep skimmed the sand" "She came in, fragrant" "She fell into my arms" "O sweet kisses, languorous caresses" "And I was trembling as I slipped the veils from her limbs" "My dream of love has vanished for ever" "The moment has fled" "And I die in despair" "And never have I loved life so much" "Exemption for Floria Tosca and for the gentleman accompanying her" "You're free" "Has Scarpia given in?" "This is his first act of mercy" " And his last" " What do you mean?" "He wanted your blood or my love ln vain I pleaded and wept" "Driven mad with disgust I turned to Our Lady and the saints" "The evil man said the gallows were being raised" "The drums were rolling" "The villain laughed" "He was ready to seize his prey" "'Are you mine?" "'" "'Yes.' l promised to yield to his desire" "A knife glinted nearby" "He wrote the note for our freedom" "Then he came to embrace me I plunged the blade into his heart" "You killed him with your own hand?" "So devout, so kind, and for me?" "My hands were spattered with blood" "O sweet hands, gentle and innocent" "Hands meant for acts of mercy" "Meant to caress children, pick roses and come together in prayer for the misfortunate" "So did justice entrust its sacred weapons into these hands, emboldened by love?" "You dealt death, victorious hands" "O sweet hands, gentle and innocent" "Listen, the moment is at hand I've collected gold and jewels and a carriage is waiting" "But listen and laugh, my love" "First you will be shot in pretence, with blanks" "A mock execution" "Fall down when they fire." "The soldiers will go and we'll be safe" "Then off to Civitavecchia, a fishing boat, away by sea" "Free" " Away by sea - ls there any grief left on earth?" "Can you smell the scent of roses?" "Doesn't it seem that everything is in love waiting for the sunlight?" "Death was bitter to me only because of you" "Life takes all its splendour from you" "My joy and desire come from you as heat from a flame I shall see the heavens flash and darken in your revealing eyes" "And the beauty of all the most wonderful things will take its voice from you" "The love which kept you alive will be our guide on land, our pilot on the sea" "It will give the world its beauty" "Until, united in heaven, we vanish like clouds, high above the sea at sunset" "Still they haven't come" "Remember, at the first shot you must fall at once" "Don't worry, I'll fall immediately and naturally" "Take care not to hurt yourself" "With my stage skill I would know how to move" "Speak to me again as you did before" "The sound of your voice is so sweet" "Together in exile we'll spread our love throughout the world a harmony of colour, a harmony of song" "Our triumphant souls are trembling with new hope in blissful passion" "And together in harmony they fly to the ecstasy of love I shall close your eyes with a thousand kisses and call you by a thousand loving names" "It's time I'm ready" "Remember, fall at the first shot" "Don't get up until I call" " No, my love" " And fall properly" " Just like Tosca on stage" " Don't laugh" " Like this?" " Like this" "It's so long to wait" "What's keeping them?" "The sun is already up" "What's keeping them?" "It's a farce, I know" "But this anxiety seems to last for ever" "They're getting ready to fire" "How handsome my Mario is" "There, die!" "What an artist" "Don't move, Mario" "They're going, quiet" "They're going down now" "Don't move yet" "Quick, get up" "Mario, let's go" "Dead!" "Has it ended like this?" " He's been stabbed" " Scarpia?" " lt was Tosca" " Don't let her escape" "Watch the exits on the stairs" "There she is" " Tosca, you'll pay for his life" " With my own" "Scarpia, before God" " Untranslated subtitle "