Aria da Capo

Opera diva Florence Piccolini, also known as La Strega, performs in Puccini’s Tosca in Seattle, Washington, for her final time. Her niece, Zelma, whom she left without a good-bye on the East Coast years and years ago, approaches Florence after the production to find some answers that might gain her advice on a life-changing matter. Why did Florence disconnect from her family? What made her choose a career over love?

As Florence reminisces about the highs and lows in her life and the part her family played in them, she realizes that acceptance is not always found where one expects it. And that Cupid has his own ways of striking when least expected