This starred Tito Gobbi as Scarpia alongside two Australian singers, soprano Marie Collier in the title role, and tenor Donald Smith as Cavaradossi, with the Italian conductor Carlo Felice Cillario conducting.

Its melodramatic plot centers on Floria Tosca, a celebrated opera singer ; her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, an artist and Bonapartist sympathiser ; and Baron Scarpia, Rome's ruthless Regent of Police.

Although their names and backgrounds contain historical allusions, the four main protagonists, Cesare Angelotti, Mario Cavaradossi, Floria Tosca, and Baron Scarpia are fictional.

This production starred Catherine Malfitano in the title role, Plácido Domingo as Cavaradossi and Ruggero Raimondi as Baron Scarpia.

Her last Met appearance was on July 6, 1973 in the title role of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca with Enrico Di Giuseppe as Cavaradossi, Morley Meredith as Scarpia, and Ignace Strasfogel conducting.

She appears to acquiesce, but as soon as Scarpia gives the order for the firing squad to use blanks, she stabs him to death.

Before Scarpia set his sights on Floria Tosca, he had tried to force himself on Angelotti's sister, who fled from him in terror.

Others, such as the title role in Verdi's Macbeth ( with Elena Souliotis ), Giorgio Germont in Verdi's La traviata, and Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca ( with Birgit Nilsson ), are not delivered by him with the same degree of effectiveness.

Preparations on the day at the home of Lord Rustonbury are going well until Signor Roscari, due to sing the part of Scarpia, suddenly falls strangely ill. Lady Rustonbury remembers that a nearby neighbour is Edouard Bréon, the retired French baritone and she drives off to ask him to step in at the last moment.

* In Puccini's Tosca, the eponymous heroine bargains with Scarpia that her lover will suffer only a mock execution ( but the villain secretly orders his death ).

The most prominent verismo baritones included such major singers in Europe and America as the polished Giuseppe De Luca ( the first Sharpless in Madama Butterfly ), Mario Sammarco ( the first Gerard in Andrea Chénier ), Eugenio Giraldoni ( the first Scarpia in Tosca ), Pasquale Amato ( the first Rance in La fanciulla del West ), Riccardo Stracciari ( noted for his richly attractive timbre ) and Domenico Viglione-Borghesi, whose voice was exceeded in size only by that of the lion-voiced Titta Ruffo.

He learned more than 100 roles in his lifetime and was mostly known for his roles in Verdi and Puccini operas, including appearances as Scarpia opposite soprano Maria Callas as Tosca at Covent Garden.

He was also an imposing, sinister Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, a swaggering Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen and a powerful Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.

Pierre Berton, who played Baron Scarpia, had been Bernhardt's on and off lover for many years and a frequent stage partner.

) At the end of the performance, Pierre Berton ( Scarpia ) came on stage for the customary presentation of the author to the audience.

Baron Vitellio Scarpia is from Sicily where he was known for his ruthless law enforcement.

Kyle Gordon, a. k. a. " Scarpia ", a singer on many demo recordings for Steinman, sang the lead vocal.

In Puccini's opera Tosca ( 1900 ), set in Napoleonic Rome, the heroine's confrontation with the malevolent Chief of Police, Scarpia, takes place in Palazzo Farnese.

Although he sang Tonio in Pagliacci, Escamillo in Carmen, and Scarpia in Tosca, he was particularly acclaimed as one of the finest interpreters of the great Verdi baritone roles, above all the title role of Rigoletto, which was captured in 1950 in an RCA recording with soprano Erna Berger and tenor Jan Peerce, conducted by Renato Cellini.

Gobbi famously sang the part of Scarpia in the legendary 1964 Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's Tosca at Covent Garden, with soprano Maria Callas in the title role.

Ruffo's repertoire included most of the major baritone roles in French and Italian opera, including among others Rigoletto, Di Luna, Amonasro, Germont, Tonio, Rossini's Figaro, Valentin, Iago, Carlo ( in both Ernani and La forza del destino ), Nabucco, Vasco, Don Giovanni, Barnaba, Scarpia, Marcello, and Renato in Un ballo in maschera.

He was among the most famous exponents of his five signature roles: Don Giovanni, Boris Godunov, Wotan, Scarpia and Amfortas.

Horrified at the death of his brother, Saturninus arrests Martius and Quintus and sentences them to death.

* 1974-Ba ' thist revolutionary court arrests and sentences 75 al-Dawa members to death.

Evidence would be gathered, compiled and presented to a Grand Jury, resulting in indictments, arrests and prison sentences, for those convicted.

The actions taken against Pătrăşcanu and others signaled the start of a wave of arrests and prison sentences, including that of his wife, as well as those of Harry Brauner, Lena Constante, Petre Pandrea ( who was Pătrăşcanu's brother-in-law ), Herant Torosian, Mocsony Stârcea, Calmanovici, Victoria Sârbu ( who had been Ştefan Foriş ' lover ), and Alexandru Ştefănescu.

As verdicts and sentences were handed down in the trials of the Bali Nine, additional arrests were made in Australia.

As verdicts and sentences were handed down in the trials of the Bali Nine, additional arrests were made in Australia.

" Although none of his attempts to kill Superman work permanently ( though a classic non-canonical story from 1961 entitled " The Death of Superman " has Luthor finally killing Superman after lulling him by pretending to go straight, although Supergirl then arrests him and he is exiled to the Phantom Zone ), Luthor routinely manages to escape from prison and threaten the world again.

For example, a police officer arrests a person for impaired driving and takes him to the police station to administer an intoxilyzer test.

In his absence in Pakistan, the country's courts issued arrests warrants for him and Aziz in the allege involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and Akbar Bugti.

These arrests were protested by groups including Human Rights Watch, Front Line, and Amnesty International, the latter of whom named him a " prisoner of conscience.

Lightman learns the true nature of his actions from a news broadcast, and the FBI arrests him and takes him to NORAD.

** The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery.

** The South African government arrests Nelson Mandela in Howick, and charges him with incitement to rebellion.

Though a minor character, he very notably arrests Fitz in " To Say I Love You " when he refuses to leave Judith alone after she has left him and gone to her parents ' house.

These arrests earned him the description " dangerous communist agitator " and " active distributor of communist and anti-fascist propaganda " on his police record.

He arrests king Artavasdes II and takes him to Alexandria.

In the autumn of 1533, various arrests were made in connection with the so-called revelations of the Holy Maid of Kent, Elizabeth Barton, but as Fisher was taken seriously ill in December, proceedings against him were postponed for a time.

Alarmed by Conon's actions, Tiribazus arrests him, and secretly provides the Spartans with money to equip a fleet.

The Communists continued a campaign against enemies, including arresting Mihailović, conducting a controversial trial and then executing him, followed by several other opposition arrests and trials.

Gaear tries to flee, but Marge shoots him in the leg and arrests him.

Crawford's heavy drinking increased during the filming of Highway Patrol, eventually resulting in several arrests and stops for driving under the influence of alcohol ( DUI ), which eventually gained him a suspended driving license.

After spending nearly a year in California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, California, Downey, on condition of posting $ 5, 000 bail, was unexpectedly freed when a judge ruled that his collective time in incarceration facilities ( spawned from the initial 1996 arrests ) had qualified him for early release.

However, the CIA arrests Newton, having followed him since his appearance on Earth and having recorded this private conversation with Bryce.

The Count of Rochefort arrests d ' Artagnan and takes him straight to the Cardinal.

As Preston unsuccessfully attempts to stop Mary O ' Brien's execution he is caught breaking down in a wave of emotions by Brandt, who arrests him and brings him before the Vice-Counsel.

Local Red Guards in Chengdu were not enthusiastic to follow these orders: they visited Peng's house on December 22, 1966 and attempted to intimidate Peng by informing him of the recent arrests of some of his friends and comrades, and of the imminent arrests of Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.