William Ashbrook states, in his study of Puccini's operas, accentuates the class distinction between the two. When Tosca comforts Cavaradossi after the torture scene, she now tells him, "Ma il giusto Iddio lo punirá" ("But a just God will punish him" [Scarpia]); formerly she stated, "Ma il sozzo sbirro lo pagherà" ("But the filthy cop will pay for it."). Other changes are in the music; when Tosca demands the price for Cavaradossi's freedom ("Il prezzo!"), her music is changed to eliminate an octave leap, allowing her more opportunity to express her contempt and loathing of Scarpia in a passage which is now near the middle of the soprano vocal range. A remnant of a "Latin Hymn" sung by Tosca and Cavaradossi in act 3 survived into the first published score and libretto, but is not in later versions. According to Ashbrook, the most surprising change is where, after Tosca discovers the truth about the "mock" execution and exclaims "Finire così? Finire così?" ("To end like this? To end like this?"), she was to sing a five-bar fragment to the melody of "E lucevan le stelle". Ashbrook applauds Puccini for deleting the section from a point in the work where delay is almost unendurable as events rush to their conclusion, but points out that the orchestra's recalling "E lucevan le stelle" in the final notes would seem less incongruous if it was meant to underscore Tosca's and Cavaradossi's love for each other, rather than being simply a melody which Tosca never hears. References NotesSources''' (Note: this book was first published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1956) Further reading Franco Zeffirelli; John Tooley (interviews by Anna Tims), "How we made: Franco Zeffirelli and John Tooley on Tosca (1964)". The Guardian'' (London), 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2018. External links Libretto Full piano score with notes Susan Vandiver Nicassio: "Ten Things You Didn't Know about Tosca", University of Chicago Press Operas by Giacomo Puccini Verismo operas Italian-language operas 1900 operas Operas set in Italy Operas based on plays Operas Operas based on works by Victorien Sardou Fiction set in 1800 Fiction about suicide Fictional singers Operas adapted into films Rome in fiction Roman Republic (18th century)