Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, Skale, Bokica and Great VANCHA ,present "E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars were shining") a romantic aria from the third act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, composed in 1900 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Mario Cavaradossi (tenor), a painter in love with the singer Tosca, while he waits for his execution on the roof of Castel Sant'Angelo.