The opera "Tosca" by Puccini, is known for its gorgeous music, piercing violence, dramatic plot and dynamic characterizations. What is less familiar to Americans is that "Tosca" is the backdrop for a brilliant satire written by Franca Valeri, an influential, contemporary Italian woman playwright.

Valeri employs the plot line, main characters and setting of the opera (1800, Rome) as her fuel to set ablaze various issues which resonate for us today.

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