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* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Baron Scarpia against commoners Cavaradossi and Tosca. |
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Baron Scarpia against commoners Cavaradossi and Tosca. |
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* [[Irrelevant Act Opener]]: the shepherd in Act III. |
* [[Irrelevant Act Opener]]: the shepherd in Act III. |
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* [[Kill'Em All]] |
* [[Kill'Em All]] |
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* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: Scarpia has all these gorgeously melodic tunes. He's singing about his plots to rape Tosca, kill Cavaradossi, and generally be as nasty as possible. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3McP88FGHo This all happens while he's |
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: Scarpia has all these gorgeously melodic tunes. He's singing about his plots to rape Tosca, kill Cavaradossi, and generally be as nasty as possible. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3McP88FGHo This all happens while he's ''in a church'', with the congregation singing the "Te Deum"] right behind him. |
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** His second [[Villain Song]], ''Ha più forte sapore'', in which he sings about how he likes to win women by force, is also quite lovely to hear. |
** His second [[Villain Song]], ''Ha più forte sapore'', in which he sings about how he likes to win women by force, is also quite lovely to hear. |
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* [[Moral Myopia]]: Talking loudly in church? Scandalous! Planning murder and rape ''while still in church''? Perfectly all right. |
* [[Moral Myopia]]: Talking loudly in church? Scandalous! Planning murder and rape ''while still in church''? Perfectly all right. |
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* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Cavaradossi is hiding Cesare Angelotti from the authorities. Tosca finds a fan, dropped by Angelotti's sister when hiding food and clothes, and immediately assumes Cavaradossi is cheating on her. |
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Cavaradossi is hiding Cesare Angelotti from the authorities. Tosca finds a fan, dropped by Angelotti's sister when hiding food and clothes, and immediately assumes Cavaradossi is cheating on her. |
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* [[Rash Equilibrium]]: Scarpia doesn't actually pardon Cavaradossi, as he promised Tosca; Tosca kills Scarpia rather than sleep with him as she promised in order to get the pardon. |
* [[Rash Equilibrium]]: Scarpia doesn't actually pardon Cavaradossi, as he promised Tosca; Tosca kills Scarpia rather than sleep with him as she promised in order to get the pardon. |
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* [[Scenery Porn]]: Sant'Andrea della Valle, the Farnese Palace and the Castel Sant'Angelo; Puccini seems determined to prove that there's no place more beautiful than Rome for a story of torture, murder, and suicide. |
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Sant'Andrea della Valle, the Farnese Palace and the Castel Sant'Angelo; Puccini seems determined to prove that there's no place more beautiful than Rome for a story of torture, murder, and suicide. |
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* [[See You in Hell]]: Kind of — just before jumping off the parapet, Tosca cries that she'll next be meeting Scarpia before God, with the implication that they'll both be answering for their crimes. |
* [[See You in Hell]]: Kind of — just before jumping off the parapet, Tosca cries that she'll next be meeting Scarpia before God, with the implication that they'll both be answering for their crimes. |
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