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Tosca (Fresno)

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Based On

the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou

Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Fresno, CA
Venue
Fresno Memorial Auditorium
Season
1954
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director

Cast

Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer
Mario Cavaradossi, a painter
Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police
Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner
Spoletta, a Police Agent
Sciarrone, a gendarme

Show Dates

Time and Place

Rome, 1800

Scenes

Act I -- Interior of the Church of St. Andrea
Act II -- A Room in Scarpia's Apartments in the Farnese Palace
Act III -- A Terrace of the Sant'Angelo Castle, outside the Prison

Notes

Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus

Miss Kirsten's costumes by Valentina

The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.