Tosca

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Composer
Giacomo Puccini
Librettists
Luigi Illica

and

Giuseppe Giacosa
Based On

the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1932
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini

Cast

Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer
Claudia Muzio
Mario Cavaradossi, a painter
Dino Borgioli
Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police
Alfredo Gandolfi
Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner
Marsden Argall
Sacristan
Louis D'Angelo
Spoletta, a Police Agent
Marek Windheim
Sciarrone, a gendarme
Louis D'Angelo
Jailer
Austin W. Sperry
Shepherd
Eva Gruninger

Show Dates

Broadcast

Live broadcast of the national anthem and Act I.

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 San Angelo Castle, outside the prison

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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The performance inaugurated the newly completed War Memorial Opera House. 

Live broadcast, 10/15/1932, 8:15pm: The national anthem and Act I.  "Tosca, Act I: Claudia Muzio (Tosca), Dino Borgioli (Cavaradossi), Alfredo Gandolfi (Scarpia); Gaetano Merola. The opening night performance of the Company’s tenth season and inauguration of the new War Memorial Opera House is broadcast nationwide by NBC. The radio audience hears a commentary on the building, the National Anthem, and Act I of Tosca. The preserved recording is the only live performance of legendary soprano Claudia Muzio known to have survived."