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 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer Dorothy Kirsten Mario Cavaradossi, a painter Mario Del Monaco(9/16) Eugene Conley(9/21) 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 Winther Andersen Shepherd Dorothy Throndson Show Dates Tue, Sep 16 1952, 8:15pm Sun, Sep 21 1952, 2pm 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1952_16_compressed.pdf (6.87 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- "Tosca" opened the 1952 season Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus Miss Kirsten's costumes (for "Tosca") by Valentina