Conversation so far:
What is the background of Tosca?
In the early 1880s Sardou began a collaboration with actress Sarah Bernhardt, whom he provided with a series of historical melodramas.
Did Sarah Bernhardt play a role in Tosca?
His third Bernhardt play, La Tosca, which premiered in Paris on 24 November 1887, and in which she starred throughout Europe.
Where all did they take La Tosca in Europe?
with more than 3,000 performances in France alone.

Question: How was it received?
Self-contained rewrite: How was La Tosca received?