Tosca is a roller coaster story of love, lust, murder and political intrigue. With Puccini‘s richly romantic score, it is one of the world’s most loved operas.

Sung by Tosca herself in Act 2 of the opera, the aria begins with the phrase ‘Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore’ which translates as ‘I have lived for art, I have lived for love’.