Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based On the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location San Diego, CA Venue San Diego Fox Theatre Season 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Ernesto Barbini Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Cast Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer Dorothy Kirsten Mario Cavaradossi, a painter Brian Sullivan Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police Robert Weede Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner Desire Ligeti Sacristan Salvatore Baccaloni Spoletta, a Police Agent Alessio De Paolis Sciarrone, a gendarme George Cehanovsky Jailer Carl Palangi Show Dates Tue, Nov 2 1954, 8pm 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.