She jealously asks Cavaradossi whom he has been talking to and reminds him of their rendezvous that evening. Cavaradossi recognizes him and promises help, then hurries him back into the chapel as Tosca is heard calling from outside. Angelotti, who was a member of the former Bonapartiste government, emerges from his hiding place. He is struck by the resemblance of the dark-haired beauty of his lover, the singer Floria Tosca, and that of the blonde Marchesa Attavanti. The painting has been inspired by the Marchesa Attavanti, whom Cavaradossi has seen in the church but does not know. He hides in one of the chapels just before the painter Mario Cavaradossi arrives to work on his portrait of Mary Magdalene. Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, rushes into the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle.
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