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Tosca

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[tos-kuh, taws-kah] / ˈtɒs kə, ˈtɔs kɑ /

noun

  1. an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.


Example Sentences

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She meant her bar, Tosca, in North Beach, close to Francis’s office building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

One of her most famous performances was as Tosca, in Covent Garden, in 1964.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

Maria Callas seized fame as the voice of Tosca, Medea and Carmen, opera’s eternally doomed heroines.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

But one of the most unusual — an honor that was also damning — came in 1987, when he joined Mozart’s Figaro and Puccini’s Tosca as a character in an opera.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023

He had sung Tosca and it had been wonderful.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway