Line #8 ReferencedBy/Tosca


1	!!Anime and Manga
2	* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. One of the missions takes place during a showing of ''Tosca'', and we see just about every important scene at least in part, with the plot explained to the girls by their handlers. Claes has apparently memorized Tosca's whole cry to God speech/aria. When Henrietta and Rico return from the mission, they say they hadn't paid much attention as they were working, being more interested in what their handlers thought of their performance. Claes can't help thinking of Tosca's line: "I lived for my art, I lived for love."
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4	!!Film
5	* Pauline is listening to "E lucevan le stelle" in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' when told she can't see Juliet anymore until her grades and attitude improve.
6	* In ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', Film/JamesBond spies on a [[NebulousEvilOrganization Quantum]] meeting which takes place during a representation of ''Tosca'' during the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bregenzer_Festspiele Bregenz Festival.]] The representation is real; the scenes were filmed on the Seebühne (floating stage) in June 2008.
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8	!!Literature
9	* The Creator/AgathaChristie short story "Swan Song" involves a soprano who really stabs the baritone during a performance of ''Tosca'', in vengeance for a past wrong.
10	* In the Creator/CarlHiaasen novel ''Native Tongue'', Carrie, who's appearing in a Jubilee parade at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills theme park (an {{Expy}} of Disney World and Sea World), does an InUniverse ThrowItIn by disregarding the song she was supposed to sing (by Paul Revere and the Raiders), instead singing "Vissi D'Arte". The crowd is confused by this, while Skink, who loves ''Tosca'', is thrilled. [[spoiler:So, as it happens, is the mob hitman who's come to kill Frankie, the ex-mobster who owns the theme park; before killing Frankie, he says the song was beautiful.]]
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12	!!Live Action Television
13	* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' uses ''Tosca'' as a significant parallel to multiple events in the story. First, Campbell and his mole Grace attend a performance of ''Tosca'', where the scene that specifically plays as [[spoiler:Grace agrees to be a honey trap for Tommy]] is Scarpia (the corrupt policeman) seducing Tosca (the innocent singer), as well as the scene where Tosca turns on Scarpia, stabbing him to death for his crimes against her lover. Ironically, in Season 2, it's not Grace but [[spoiler: Polly that Campbell pulls a ScarpiaUltimatum on, and Polly who takes vengeance on Campbell.]]
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15	!!Sport
16	* Russian figure-skater Irina Slutskaya had one year a long programme with music from ''Tosca''.
17	** As did American figure skater Michelle Kwan. Tosca is one of the more popular operas that is skated to.
18	** Male skaters often skate to the music of Cavaradossi's ''E lucevan le stelle''.
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20	!!Video Games
21	* In ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'', the mission "Curtains Down" has you assassinate two targets during a rehearsal of the execution scene. [[note]]Your handler Diana misidentifies the opera as ''Don Giovanni''.[[/note]] In fact, one of the popular ways of getting rid of the actor playing Cavaradossi is by [[NotSoFakePropWeapon switching the prop pistol used in the scene with a real version]]. The {{Irony}} is so delicious you could serve it at a restaurant.
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23	!!Web Video
24	* In ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'', little Adele is very much into opera and she mentions that she's learning about ''Tosca''. Then she mentions that everybody dies at the end, and she also sings an aria, though Jane cut her singing from the video.

Context ReferencedBy / Tosca