"Ah!" "At last!" "In my stupid fear I thought" "I saw a policeman's jowl in every face." "The column..." "and the basin..." ""At the base of the Madonna" My sister wrote me..." "This is the key, and this is the chapel!" "Forever washing!" "And every brush is filthier than an urchin's collar." "Mister Painter..." "There!" "No one... would have sworn that he had come back" "The Cavalier Cavaradossi." "No." "I'm mistaken." "The basket has not 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?" "Reciting the Angelus." "Oh holy vessels!" "Her picture!" "Whose?" "That strange girl who has been coming here" "These past few days to pray" "It is so." "And she was so absorbed" "In fervent prayer that I could paint" "Her lovely face unnoticed." "Away, Satan, away!" "Damned colours!" "Oh hidden harmony" "Of contrasting beauties!" "Floria is dark, my love and passion..." "Jest with knaves and neglect the saint..." "And you, mysterious beauty..." "Crowned with blond locks," "Your eyes are blue" "And Tosca's black!" "Jest with knaves and neglect the saints..." "By the mystery of art," "Dissimilar beauties are together blended" "Yet as I paint her portrait," "My sole thought is of you." "My sole thought is of you." "Tosca." "is you!" "Jest with knaves and neglect the saints..." "But we can have no truck" "With these agnostic Enemies of the Holy Government!" "Jest with knaves and neglect the saints..." "Yes, they are sinners the whole pack of them!" "Let us rather make the sign of the cross." "Excellency, may I go?" " As you wish." " Your basket's full..." "Oh!" "So sorry!" "Be sure to close up when you leave." " Run along!" "I'm going." "Someone in there!" "You!" "Cavaradossi!" "Heaven itself has sent you!" "Don't you recognise me?" "Has prison, then, wrought such a great change in me?" "Angelotti!" "The Consul!" "Of the lamented Roman Republic!" "I have just escaped from Castel Sant'Angelo." "I am at your service." "Mario!" "Go and hide!" "It's a jealous woman!" "Only a moment and I'll send her away." " Mario!" "Here I am." "I'm faint with exhaustion." "I can't stand up." "There's food and wine in this basket." " Thanks!" "Quick now!" "Mario!" "Mario!" "Mario!" "I am here..." "Why was it locked?" " That was the Sacristan's wish." "With whom were you talking?" " With you!" "You were whispering with someone else." "Where is she?" "Who?" " She!" "That woman!" "I heard her quick steps And her dress rustling." "You're dreaming!" " Do you deny it?" "I deny it and I love you!" "Oh no!" "Before the gentle, Madonna," "No, Mario!" "First let me pray and offert these flowers." "Now listen: tonight I am singing," "But the programme will be brief." "Wait for me at the stage entrance, and we two shall go alone together to your villa." "Tonight?" "It is the time of the full moon, when the heart Is drunk with the nightly fragrance" "Of the flowers!" "Are you not happy?" "So very happy!" "Say it again!" " So very happy!" "How faintly you say it'" "Do you not long for our little house" "That is waiting for us, hidden in the grove?" "Our refuge, sacred to us and unseen by the world," "Protected with love and mystery?" "Oh, at your side to listen there To the voices of the night" "As they rise through the starlit, Shadowed silences:" "From the woods, from the thickets" "And the dry grass, from the depths" "The night murmurs Its thousand loves" "And false counsels To soften and seduce the heart." "Oh wide fields, blossom!" "and sea winds throb" "In the moon's radiance, ah," "Rain down desire you vaulted stars!" "Tosca burns with a mad love!" "I am bound in your toils... my sorceress!" "Tosca's blood burns with a mad love!" "Sorceress, I will come!" "Oh my love." "But now you must let me work," "You dismiss me?" " My work is pressing." "I am going!" "I am going!" "And who is that blond woman there?" "Mary Magdalene." "Do you like her?" " She is too beautiful!" "Ah, rare praise!" "You laugh?" "I have seen those sky-blue eyes before." "There are so many in the world!" "Wait... wait..." "It's the young Attavanti!" "Brava!" "Do you see her?" "She loves you!" "Do you love her?" " By pure chance..." "Those steps and whispers..." "Ah..." "She was here just now..." " Come here!" "The shameless flirt!" "And to me!" "By pure chance I saw her yesterday..." "She came here to pray..." "And I, unnoticed, painted her." "Swear!" " I swear!" "How intently she stares at me!" " Come away!" "She taunts and mocks me." "What foolishness!" "Ah, those eyes..." "What eyes in the world can compare with your black and glowing eyes?" "It is in them that my whole being fastens," "Eyes soft with love and rich with anger" "Oh, how well you know the art Of capturing women's hearts!" "My jealous!" "Eyes soft with love and rich with anger" "Where in the whole world are eyes" "To compare with your black eyes?" "Oh, how well you know the art" "Of capturing women's hearts!" "But let her eyes be black ones!" "My jealous!" "Yes, I feel it, I torment you unceasingly." "My jealous!" " I know..." "I know you would forgive me" "If you knew my grief!" " You are my idol Tosca," "All things in you delight me;" "Your storming anger" "And your pulsing love!" "Say again" "Those consoling words..." "Say them again!" "My life, my troubled one, beloved." "I shall always say, "I love you Floria"" "Set your uneasy heart at rest," "I shall always say "I love you."" "Good heavens!" "What a sin!" "You have undone my hair." "Now you must leave me!" "You stay at your work until this evening." "And will you promise that, blond locks" "Or black, by chance or otherwise," "No woman shall come here to pray?" "I swear it beloved." "Go now!" " How you do hurry me along!" "Come, again?" "No, forgive me!" "Before the Madonna?" "She is so good!" "But let her eyes be black ones!" "She is good my Tosca, but, as she trusts Her confessor, she hides nothing." "So I must say nothing." "It is wiser so." "Are we alone?" " Yes, What is your plan?" "As things stand now, either to flee the State" "Or stay in hiding in Rome." "My sister..." " Attavanti?" "Yes, she hid some women's clothes" "Under the altar there," "A dress, a veil, a fan." "As soon as it gets dark, I'll put these garments on..." "Now I understand!" "That prudent behaviour" "And that fervent prayer" "In so young and beautitul a woman" "Had made me suspect" "Some secret love!" "Now I understand!" "It was the love of a sister!" "She has dared all" "To save me from that scoundrel Scarpia!" "Scarpia?" "That licentious bigot who exploits the uses of religion as refinements" "For his libertine lust, and makes" "Both the confessor and the hangman The servant of his wantonness!" "I'll save you, should it cost my life!" "But delaying until nightfall is not safe." " I fear the sunlight." "The Chapel gives on a vegetable garden:" "Beyond that is a canefield That winds along through meadows to my villa." "Yes, I know." " Here is the key." "Before evening I shall join you there." "Take the woman's costume with you." "Should I put them on?" " You needn't now, the path's deserted." "Good-bye!" "If there's sign of danger, go to the garden well." "There's water at the bottom," "But half-way down, a little passage Leads to a dark room." "It's a sure," "Impenetrable hiding place!" "The cannon of the castle!" "They've discovered your escape!" "Now Scarpia lets loose his pack of spies!" "Good-bye!" " I will come with you." "We must be on guard!" "Someone's coming!" " If we're attacked we fight!" "Joyful news, Excellency!" "He's gone." "I am disappointed." "He who aggrieves a misbeliever" "Earns an indulgence!" "The whole choir is here!" "Hurry!" "Where?" " In the sacristy." " But what's happened?" "You haven't heard?" "Bonaparte... the scoundrel..." "Bonaparte..." " Well?" "What?" "He was plucked and quartered And thrown to Beelzebub!" "Who says so?" "It's a dream!" "It's nonsense!" " Its a true report," "The news just reached us." "Let's celebrate the victory!" "And tonight a mighty torch procession," "A gala evening at Farnese Palace," "And a new cantata for the great occasion" "With Floria Tosca!" "And in the churches, Hymns to the Lord!" "Now get along and dress, And no more shouting." "On with you to the Sacristy!" "Double pay..." "Te Deum..." "Gloria!" "Let's celebrate the victory!" "Now get along and dress." "Let's celebrate the victory!" "Such a hubbub in church!" "A fine respect!" "Excellency, the joyous news..." "Prepare for the Te Deum." "You stay here!" "And you search every corner." " Very well." "Keep watch at the doors," "Without arousing suspicion!" "Now, as for you..." "Weigh your answers well." "A prisoner of State has just escaped from Castel Sant'Angelo." "He took refuge here." " Heaven help us!" "He may still be here." "Where is the Chapel of the Attavanti?" "That is it there," "It's open..." "Merciful Heaven!" "And there's another key!" "A good sign." "Let's go in." "It was a bad mistake, To fire the cannon." "The cheat has flown the roost, but left behind a precious clue, a fan!" "Who was the accomplice in his flight?" "The Marchesa Attavanti!" "Its her crest..." "Her portrait!" "Who painted that picture?" "The cavalier Cavaradossi." "He!" "Heavens!" "The basket!" "He!" "Tosca's lover!" "A suspect character!" "A revolutionary!" "Empty!" "Empty!" "What do you say?" "What's that?" "They found this basket In the Chapel." "Have you seen it before?" " Yes, indeed!" "It's the painter's basket... but... even so..." "Spit out what you know!" "I left it for him filled With excellent food..." "The painter's meal!" "Then he must have eaten!" "In the chapel?" "No." "He had no key," "Nor did he want to eat." "He told me so himself." "So I put the basket safely to one side.." "Libera me domine!" "It's all clear now" "The Sacristan's food" "Became Angelotti's booty!" "Tosca!" "She must not see me." "Iago had a handkerchief, and I a fan" "To drive a jealous lover to distraction!" "Mario!" "The painter Cavaradossi?" "And with whom?" "He's slipped away, evaporated By his own witchcraft." "Deceived?" "No..." "He could not betray me!" "Divine Tosca!" "My hand awaits your delicate hand," "Not out of idle gallantry," "But to offer Holy Water." "Thank you, Sir!" "It is a noble example that you give," "Filled with holy zeal, you draw" "From Heaven the mastery of art" "To revive the faith of men." "You are too kind!" " Pious women are so rare..." "Your life is the stage..." "Yet you come to church to pray." "What do you mean?" "And you are not as other strumpets are" "Who have the dress and face of Magdalene" "And come to scheme in love." "What?" "In love?" "Your proof!" "Is this a painter's tool?" "A fan!" "Where was it?" "There on the scaffold." "Obviously somebody surprised the lovers," "And she lost her feathers in her flight!" "The crown!" "The crest!" "It's the Attavanti's!" "Oh prophetic doubt!" "I've hit the mark!" "And I came sadly here to tell him" "That in vain, tonight, the sky will darken;" "For the lovesick Tosca is a prisoner..." "The poison bites home already!" "A prisoner of the royal jubilee!" "The poison bites home already!" "Oh gracious lady, what avails you?" "For I see a rebel tear mars your fair cheek and moistens it." "Oh gracious lady, why are you grieving?" "It is nothing!" "I would give my life" "To wipe away those tears." "Here I am heartbroken, while he" "In another's arms, mocks at my anguish." "The poison bites deep." "Where are they?" "Could I but catch the traitors!" "Oh dark suspicion!" "Double loves now nest inside this villa!" "Oh traitor!" "Oh my fair nest befouled with mud!" "I'll fall upon them unexpected!" "You shall not have him tonight, I swear!" "In church!" "God will pardon me." "He sees me weeping!" "Three men and a carriage..." "Quick, follow wherever she goes!" "And take care!" "Yes Sir." "And where do we meet?" "Farnese Palace!" "Go,Tosca!" "Now Scarpia digs a nest within your heart!" "Go,Tosca!" "Scarpia now sets loose" "The roaring falcon of your jealousy!" "How great a promise in your quick suspicions!" "Now Scarpia digs a nest within your heart!" "Go,Tosca!" "Adjutorum nostrum in nomine Domini qui fecit coelum et terram." "My will takes aim now at a double target," "Nor is the rebel's head the bigger prize..." "Ah, to see the flame of those imperious eyes" "Grow faint and languid with passion..." "For him, the rope," "And for her, my arms..." "Te Deum laudamus!" "Te Deum confitemur!" "Tosca you make me forget God!" "Te aeternum patrem" "omnis terra veneratur!" "Tosca is a good falcon!" "Surely by this time my hounds have fallen on their double prey!" "And tomorrow's dawn will see" "Angelotti on the scaffold And Mario hanging from a noose." "Is Tosca in the palace?" "A chamberlain has just gone to look for her." "Open the window." "It is late." "The Diva is still missing from the concert." "And they strum gavottes." "Wait for Tosca at the entrance:" "Tell her I shall expect her after the concert..." "Or better..." "Give her this note." "She will come for love" "of her Mario!" "For love of her Mario!" "And she will yield" "To my pleasure." "Such is the profound misery" "Of profound love..." "For myself the violent conquest has stronger relish than the soft surrender." "I take no delight in sighs or vows Exchanged at misty lunar dawn." "I know not how to draw harmony from guitars, or horoscopes from flowers, nor am I apt at dalliance," "Or cooing like the turtle dove." "I pursue the craved thing, sate myself and cast it by," "And seek new bait." "God made diverse beauties as he made diverse wines, and of these God-like works I mean to taste my full." "Spoletta's here." " Show him in." "In good time, too." "Well, my fine man, how did the hunt go?" "Saint Ignatius help me!" "We kept on the lady's trail" "Following her to a lonely villa lost in the woods." "She entered there and soon came out alone." "At once with my dogs I vaulted over he garden wall and" "Burst into the house." "Well done, Spoletta!" "I sniff..." "I scratch..." "I rummage..." "And Angelotti?" " Nowhere to be found" "Ah dog!" "Traitor!" "Snout of a snake," "To the gallows!" " Jesus!" "The painter was there..." " Cavaradossi?" "And he knows where the other is." "He showed such taunting irony" "In every word and gesture" "That I arrested him." " Not bad, not bad." "He is there." "Bring in the Cavalier." "Fetch Roberti and the Judge." "Such violence!" "Cavalier, please be seated." "I want to know..." " Be seated." "I'll stand." "As you wish." "Are you aware that a prisoner..." "Her voice!" "You are aware that a prisoner" "Fled today from Sant'Angelo Castle?" "I did not know it." " And yet it is reported" "That you sheltered him in Sant'Andrea," "Gave him food and clothing..." "Lies." "And took him to a suburban place of yours." "I deny that." "What proof have you?" " A faithful servant..." "The facts!" "Who is my accuser?" "In vain your spies ransacked my villa." "Proof that he is hidden well." "Suspicions of a spy!" "He laughed at our questions..." "And I laugh still." "This is a place for tears!" "Beware!" "Enough now." "Answer me!" "Where is Angelotti?" "I don't know." " You deny you gave him food?" "I deny it." " And clothes?" " I deny it." "And refuge in your villa?" "I deny it!" "I deny it!" "Come, Cavalier, you must reflect." "This stubborness of yours is not prudent." "A prompt confession saves enormous pain." "Take my advice and tell me:" "Where is Angelotti?" "I don't know." " For the last time, where is he?" "I don't know." "Oh, for a good whipping!" "Here she is!" "Mario, you, here?" " Of what you saw there, say nothing." "Or you will kill me!" "Mario Cavaradossi" "The judge awaits your testimony" "First, the usual formalities." "And then... as I shall order." "And now let's talk together like good friends." "Come now, don't look so frightened." "I am not afraid." "What about the fan?" "That was foolish jealousy." "So, the Attavanti was not at the villa?" "No, he was alone." "Alone?" "Are you quite sure?" "Nothing escapes a jealous eye." "Alone." "Alone." "Indeed?" " Yes." "Alone!" "You protest too much!" "Perhaps you fear you may betray yourself" "Sciarrone, what does the Cavalier have to say?" "He denies everything." "Keep pressing him!" "You know it's quite useless." "We shall see, Madam." "It seems that one must lie to please you?" "No, but the truth might shorten" "An extremely painful hour for him..." "A painful hour?" "What do you mean?" "What are you doing in that room?" "It is force that carries out the law." "Oh, God!" "What's happening?" "Your lover is bound hand and foot." "A ring of hooked iron at his temples," "So that they spurt blood at each denial." "It isn't true!" "Oh, leering devil!" "He groans!" "Oh, pity!" "Pity!" "It is up to you to save him." " Good, good!" "But stop it!" "Stop it!" " Stop it, Sciarrone!" "Stop everything?" "Everything." "And now the truth!" "Let me see him." "No!" "Mario!" "Tosca!" "Are they still torturing you?" "No." "Courage  and be silent." "." "I despise pain!" "Come on Tosca, speak!" "I know nothing." "Wasn't that enough for you?" "Roberti, start again..." "No!" "Stop!" " Will you speak?" "No, no!" "Ah, monster!" "Murderer... you're killing him!" "It's your silence that is killing him." "Do you laugh at this ghastly torment?" "Tosca on the stage was never more tragic!" "Open the door so she can hear his groans better." "I defy you." "Harder!" "Harder!" "I defy you all!" " Speak now..." "What can I say?" " Come, speak..." "Oh, I know nothing!" "Must I lie to you?" "Where is Angelotti?" " No, no!" "Speak up, come, quickly." "Where's he hiding?" "I can stand no more." "Oh, horror!" "Stop this torture..." "It's more than I can bear..." "I can stand no more... no more..." "Ah!" "Mario, will you let me speak?" "No!" "No!" "Listen, I can bear no more..." "Fool!" "What do you know and what can you say?" "Shut him up!" "What have I done to you in my life?" "It is I you torture so." "It is my spirit...." "Yes, my spirit you are torturing." "In the well, in the garden..." " Angelotti is there?" "Yes." "Enough, Roberti!" "He has fainted!" " Murderer!" "I want to see him." "Bring him here." "Floria!" "Beloved..." "It is you?" "How you have suffered." "Oh my soul!" "But this foul villain will pay for it!" "Did you speak?" "No, beloved..." " Truly not?" "No." "In the well..." "In the garden." "Get him, Spoletta." "Ah, you have betrayed me!" " Mario!" "Accursed woman!" " Mario!" "Excellency!" "Bad news!" " What are you looking so worried about?" "It is news of defeat!" " How?" "Where?" "What defeat?" "At Marengo." " Blockhead!" "Bonaparte has won!" "And Melas?" " No." "Melas has fled!" "Victory!" "Victory!" "The avenging dawn now rises" "To make the wicked tremble!" "And liberty returns, the scourge of tyrants!" "Mario, be still!" "Have pity on me!" " You see me now rejoice in my own suffering..." "Go, shout your boasts!" "Pour out the last dregs of your vile soul!" "Go, for you die, the hangman's noose awaits you" "Take him away!" "Mario!" "Mario, with you..." "Not you!" "Save him!" "I?" "..." "You rather!" "My poor supper was interrupted." "So downhearted?" "Come, my fair lady." "Sit down here." "Shall we try to find together a way to save him?" "Well then, sit down, and we shall talk." "And first, a sip of wine." "It comes from Spain." "A sip to hearten you." "How much?" "How much?" "What is your price?" "Yes, they say that I am venal," "but it is not for money that I will sell myself to beautitul women." "If I am to betray my oath of office." "I want other recompense" "I have waited for this hour." "Already in the past I burned with passion for the Diva." "But tonight I have beheld you" "In a new role I had not seen before." "Those tears of yours were lava" "To my senses and that fierce hatred" "Which your eyes shot at me, only fanned" "The fire in my blood." "Supple as a leopard" "You enrapped your lover." "In that instant I vowed you would be mine!" "Mine!" "Yes, I will have you..." "I'll jump out first!" "I hold your Mario in pawn!" " Oh, wretch" "Oh, ghastly bargain..." "I do you no violence." "You are free." "Go." "But your hope is vain:" "the Queen would merely grant pardon to a corpse" "How you detest me!" "Ah!" "God!" "Even so, even so I want you!" "Don't touch me, devil!" "I hate you, hate you!" "Fiend, base villain!" "What does it matter?" "Spasms of wrath or spasms of passion..." "Foul villain!" " You are mine!" "Wretch!" " Mine!" "Help!" " Mine!" "Do you hear?" "It is the drum that leads the way" "For the last march of the condemned." "Time passes!" "Are you aware of what dark work is done down there?" "They raise a gallows." "By your wish, your Mario has but one more hour to live." "I lived for art." "I lived for love:" "Never did I harm a living creature..." "I sought with secret hand to succour..." "Whatever misfortunes I encountered" "Ever in pure faith," "My prayers rose" "In the holy chapels." "Ever in pure faith," "I brought flowers to the altars." "In this hour of pain, why," "Why, oh Lord, why" "Dost Thou repay me thus?" "Jewels I brought" "For the Madonna's mantle," "And songs for the stars in heaven" "That they shone forth with greater radiance." "In this hour of distress, why," "Why, oh Lord," "Why dost Thou repay me thus?" "Look at me, oh, behold!" "With clasped hands I beseech you!" "Vedi le man giunte io stendo a te." "And, vanquished," "I implore" "The help of your word!" "Tosca you are too beautiful and too loving." "I yield to you." "And at a paltry price;" "You ask me for a life." "I ask of you an instant." "Go, go, you fill me with loathing!" "Who's there?" "Excellency, Angelotti killed himself when we arrived." "Well, then, have him hanged dead from the gibbet." "The other prisoner?" " The Cavalier Cavaradossi?" "Everything is ready, Excellency." "God help me!" "Wait." "Well?" "Listen..." "But I demand that he be freed this instant!" " We must dissemble." "I cannot openly grant pardon to him." "All must believe the Cavalier is dead." "This trusted man of mine will see to it." " How can I be sure?" "By the orders I give him in your presence." "Spoletta, shut the door." "I have changed my mind." "The prisoner shall be shot..." "Wait a moment..." "As we did with Count Palmieri." " An execution a sham one!" "As we did with Palmieri!" "You understand?" " I understand." " Go!" "I want to explain to him myself." "As you wish!" "You will let her pass..." "And remember, at four o'clock." "Yes." "Like Palmieri." "I have kept my promise." "Not yet." "I want a safe conduct, so that he and I Can flee the State together." "You want to leave?" "Yes, for ever." "Your wish shall be granted." "And which road do you prefer?" " The shortest!" "Civitavecchia?" " Yes." "Tosca, now you are mine at last!" "Accursed one!" " This is the kiss of Tosca!" "Help!" "I am dying!" "Help!" "I am dying!" "Is your blood choking you?" " Help!" "And killed by a woman!" "Did you torment me enough?" "Can you still hear me?" "Speak!" "Look at me!" "I am Tosca!" "Oh, Scarpia!" "Help!" "Help!" "Is your blood choking you?" "Die accursed!" "Die!" "Die!" "Die!" "He is dead!" "And now I pardon him!" "All Rome trembled before him!" "I give you sighs," "There are as many" "As there are leaves" "Driven by the wind" "You may scorn me, and my heart is sick." "Oh lamp of gold, I die for you" "Mario Cavaradossi?" "For you" "You have one hour." "A priest awaits your call." "No... but I have a last favour to ask of you." " If I can..." "I leave behind me." "One very dear person." "Permit me to write her a few lines." "This ring is all that remains of my possessions." "If you will promise to give her my last farewell," "Then it is yours." "Write." "And the stars shone" "and the earth was perfumed." "The gate to the garden creaked" "And a footstep rustled the sand to the path..." "Fragrant, she entered" "And fell into my arms..." "Oh soft kisses, oh sweet abandon," "As I trembling" "Unloosed her veils and" "disclosed her beauty." "Oh vanished forever is that dream of love," "Fled is that hour," "And desperately I die." "And never before have I loved so much!" "Floria!" " You are free!" "Ah!" "A safe-conduct for Floria Tosca and for the Cavalier accompanying her." "You are free!" "Scarpia?" "Scarpia yields?" "This is the first act of clemency..." "And his last!" " What?" "Either your blood or my love he demanded my entreaties and my tears were useless." "Wild with horror, I appealed in vain" "To the Madonna and the Saints." "The damnable monster told me" "That already the gallows stretched their arms skyward!" "The drums rolled and" "He laughed, the evil monster, laughed, Ready to spring and carry off his prey!" ""You are mine"" "Yes, I promised myself to his lust." "But there at hand a sharp blade glittered." "He wrote out the liberating pass,." "And came to claim the horrible embrace" "That pointed blade I planted in his heart." "You, with your own hand you killed him?" "You tender, you gentle - and for me!" "My hands were reaking with his blood!" "My Saviour!" "Oh sweet hands pure and gentle," "Oh hands meant for the fair works of piety," "Caressing children, gathering roses," "For prayers when others meet misfortune..." "Then it was in you, made strong by love," "That justice placed her sacred weapons?" "You dealt out death, victorious hands," "Oh sweet hand pure and gentle." "Listen, the hour is near." "I have already collected my gold and jewels." "A carriage is waiting..." "But first..." "Oh, laugh at this my love..." "First you will be shot, in play and pretence, with unloaded arms... mock punishment." "Fall down at the shot, the soldiers leave, and we are safe!" "And then to Civitavecchia, and there a ship." "And we're away by sea!" " Free!" "Free!" "Away by sea!" "Where now have pain and sorrow fled?" "Do you smell the aroma of the roses?" "Do you feel that all things on the earth" "Await the sun enamoured?" "Only for you did death taste bitter for me," "And only you invest this life with splendour." "All joy and all desire, for my being," "Are held in you as heat within flame." "The heavens blaze and the heavens darken" "I now shall see through your transfiguring eyes," "And the beauty of all things remarkable" "From you alone will have their voice and colour." "The love that found the way to save your life" "Shall be our quide on earth, our pilot on the waters," "And make the wide world lovely to our eyes;" "Beyond the sphere of earth, as light clouds fade," "Until together we shall fade away high above the sea." "At sundown." "They still don't come..." "And be careful" "When you hear the shot You must fall down at once." "Have no fear," "I'll fall on the instant, and quite naturally." "But be careful not to hurt yourself," "With my experience in the theatre" "I should know how to manage it." "Speak to me again as you spoke before." "So sweet is the sound of your voice." "Together in exile we shall bear our love through the world." "Harmonies of colour..." "And harmonies of song!" "Triumphant..." "The soul trembles with new hope" "In heavenly increasing ardour." "And in harmonious flight" "The spirit soars" "To the ecstasy of love." "With a thousand kisses I shall seal your eyes," "And call you by a thousand names of love." "It is time!" " I am ready." "Remember: at the first shot, down..." "Down..." "And don't get up before I call you..." "No, beloved!" " And fall down properly..." "Like Tosca on the stage..." " You mustn't laugh..." "So?" " So." "How long is this waiting!" "Why are they still delaying?" "The sun already rises." "Why are they still delaying?" "It is only a comedy, I know but this anguish seems to last for ever!" "There!" "They are taking aim!" "How handsome my Mario is!" "There!" "Die!" "Ah, what an actor!" "Oh Mario, do not move..." "They're going now." "Be still." "They are going down..." "Not yet, you mustn't move..." "Up, Mario." "Quickly." "Up!" "Mario!" "Dead!" "Dead!" "Mario!" "Dead?" "Dead like this?" "Like this?" "Scarpia?" "Stabbed!" "The woman is Tosca!" "Don't let her escape." "There she is!" "Ah, Tosca, you will pay for his life!" "With my own!" "Oh Scarpia," "Before God!" "English subtitles:" "Stratos"