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 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Cast Floria Tosca, a celebrated singer Dorothy Kirsten(10/01) Licia Albanese(10/20) Mario Cavaradossi, a painter Jan Peerce(10/01) Richard Tucker(10/20) 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 Shepherd Robert Rosenblatt Show Dates Fri, Oct 1 1954, 8:30pm Wed, Oct 20 1954, 8:30pm 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, 1954. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Etienne Barone (Stage Manager), Jan Peerce (Mario), Dorothy Kirsten (Tosca) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_15_compressed.pdf (8.26 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Boys selected from the San Francisco Boys Chorus Miss Kirsten's costumes by Valentina
Image Tosca, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1954. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Etienne Barone (Stage Manager), Jan Peerce (Mario), Dorothy Kirsten (Tosca) Credit Unknown