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 1941 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer Stella Roman Mario Cavaradossi, a painter Charles Kullman Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police John Brownlee Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner Lorenzo Alvary Sacristan Salvatore Baccaloni Spoletta, a Police Agent Anthony Marlowe Sciarrone, a gendarme George Cehanovsky Jailer Walter Lorenz Shepherd Margaret Ritter Show Dates Sat, Oct 18 1941, 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, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Scarpia) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Armando Agnini (Director), Ensemble, Rehearsal Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Te Deum, Ensemble Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Boys Chorus Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Cavaradossi), Stella Roman (Tosca) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Scarpia), Stella Roman (Tosca) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Cavaradossi), Armando Agnini (Director) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Angelotti) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stella Roman (Tosca) Credit Morton Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Te Deum, Ensemble Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1941_12_compressed.pdf (7.96 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Scarpia) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Armando Agnini (Director), Ensemble, Rehearsal Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Te Deum, Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Boys Chorus Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Cavaradossi), Stella Roman (Tosca) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. John Brownlee (Scarpia), Stella Roman (Tosca) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Charles Kullman (Cavaradossi), Armando Agnini (Director) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Angelotti) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Salvatore Baccaloni (Sacristan) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Stella Roman (Tosca) Credit Morton
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Te Deum, Ensemble Credit Morton