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 1936 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer Lotte Lehmann Mario Cavaradossi, a painter Charles Kullman Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police Lawrence Tibbett Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner Norman Cordon Sacristan Louis D'Angelo Spoletta, a Police Agent Ludovico Oliviero Sciarrone, a gendarme John Howell Jailer John Burr Shepherd Irene Fremont Show Dates Wed, Nov 18 1936, 8:15pm 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 Media Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Group Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d’Angelo (Sacristan) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis Goldstein (Super) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1936_12_compressed.pdf (6.92 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Group Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Scarpia) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis d’Angelo (Sacristan) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Louis Goldstein (Super) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton