In opera it refers to the opera 'Tosca' by Puccini and to the lead 'Floria Tosca' a celebrated singer in that opera.
Verdi
Floria Tosca - a singer and Cavaradossi lover [soprano] Mario Cavaradossi - a painter and republican [tenor] Baron Scarpia - the chief of police [baritone] Cesare Angelotti - the Consul of the Roman Republic [bass] Spoletta - a police agent [tenor]
Vissi d'Arte
Tosca in the opera of the same name.
In opera it refers to the opera 'Tosca' by Puccini and to the lead 'Floria Tosca' a celebrated singer in that opera.
Floria.
The cast of Tosca - 1908 includes: Sarah Bernhardt as Floria Tosca Lucien Guitry as Mario Cavaradossi Paul Mounet as Scarpia
Although she is the main character the opera does not go into that.
The cast of La Tosca - 1918 includes: Pauline Frederick as Floria Tosca Henry Hebert as Cesare Angelotti Frank Losee as Baron Scarpia Jules Raucourt as Mario Cavaradossi
The cast of Tosca - 1984 includes: Jaume Aragall as Mario Cavaradossi Mario Ferrara as Spoletta Alfredo Giacomotti as Angelotti Eva Marton as Floria Tosca Graziano Polidori as Sacristan Ingvar Wixell as Il barone Scarpia Giuseppe Zecchillo as Sciarrone
The cast of Tosca - 1918 includes: Olga Benetti as Marchesa Attavanti Francesca Bertini as Floria Tosca Vittorio Bianchi as Sciarrone Luigi Cigoli as Il sagrestano Alfredo De Antoni as Vitellio Scarpia Franco Gennaro as Conte Angelotti Gustavo Serena as Mario Cavaradossi
The cast of Tosca - 1976 includes: Salvatore Billa Mario Ferrara as Spoletta Bruno Grella as Sciarrone Raina Kabaivanska as Floria Tosca Giancarlo Luccardi as Cesare Angelotti Alfredo Mariotti as Sagrestano Domenico Medici as Il carceriere Sherrill Milnes as Il barone Scarpia
e lucevan le stelle is an aria from Puccini's great opera Tosca. The aria is sung by the character Mario Cavaradossi, who is waiting for his execution and remembering his love for Floria Tosca. The line means: and the stars were shining.
Catherine Malfitano has: Played Servilia in "Great Performances" in 1971. Played Trina Sieppe in "Great Performances" in 1971. Played Rose Maurrant in "Live from Lincoln Center" in 1976. Played Annina in "Live from Lincoln Center" in 1976. Played herself in "Live from the Metropolitan Opera" in 1977. Played Salome in "Salome" in 1990. Played Floria Tosca in "Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca" in 1992. Played Lina in "Stiffelio" in 1993. Played Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly" in 1995. Played Jenny Smith in "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny" in 1998. Played Floria Tosca in "Tosca" in 1998.
I don't think there is a woman out there who sings "MARIO MARIO MARIO" in opera.Answer 2. In Puccini's opera Tosca, the heroine, Floria Tosca calls to her lover, Mario Cavaradossi from offstage before her entrance, "Mario, Mario....Mario."
The cast of Tosca - 2006 includes: Fiorenza Cedolins as Floria Tosca Ottavia Dorrucci as Un pastorello Enrico Facini as Spoletta Angelo Nardinocchi as Un carceriere Daniel Oren as Himself - Conductor Giuliano Pelizon as Sciarrone Fabio Previati as Il sagrestano Ruggero Raimondi as Il barone Scarpia Marco Spotti as Cesare Angelotti