1984 Death Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68 1943 Birthday James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, dir, Metropolitan Opera 1900 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome 1887 Event Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris 1858 Birthday Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy, opera composer, La Boheme, La Tosca
