![]() ![]() They hear the cannon blast signifying an escaped prisoner, and Cavaradossi offers to escort Angelotti to a hiding place at his villa. Mario reassures her, and they plan to spend the evening together. Her jealousy explodes when she sees the blue eyes of the Magdalene. Tosca enters and immediately assumes that Mario was meeting another woman. The exhausted and famished Angelotti gratefully accepts Cavaradossi’s lunch basket and quickly hides again as Tosca’s voice is heard outside. Cavaradossi, recognizing him, offers his help. The painter Mario Cavaradossi arrives to work on his portrait of Mary Magdalene–based on Angelotti’s sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, who has been a frequent visitor to the church. The escaped Bonapartist prisoner Cesare Angelotti enters the church, surveys the statue of the Blessed Virgin, and finds at her feet a key which he uses to enter his family’s private chapel to hide. ![]()
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