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Ad Campaign Disabled   Tosca "When Stella Roman was playing Tosca in Puccini's opera she was supposed to leap to her death from a prison parapet and land safely off-stage on a mattress. Roman, feeling insecure one night, demanded two extra mattresses. She leaped, and the mattresses bounced her back on stage. She had to kill herself all over again." Roman, Stella (?-    ) British actress [Sources: Robert Merrill and Robert Safron, Between Acts] More Stella Roman anecdotes Related Anecdote Keywords: Opera Theatre Theater Bloopers Mistakes Matresses Unintended Consequences Surprises Beds Precautions Falls View/add Comments [0] 10987654321 Ratings: 8.77 [43 vote(s)]

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