Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based On the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Henry Lewis Stage Director(s) Matthew Farruggio Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Boys Chorus Director Madi Bacon Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Cesare Angelotti, a political prisoner Donald Drain Sacristan Herbert Beattie Mario Cavaradossi, a painter Enrico Di Giuseppe Floria Tosca, a singer Giulia Barrera Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police Chester Ludgin Spoletta Orva Hoskinson Sciarrone John Robert Dunlap Voice of a Shepherd James Strubing Jailer Colin Harvey Show Dates Tue, May 22 1962, 8pm Sat, May 26 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1800; Rome Scenes Act I -- Interior of the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle Act II -- Room in Scarpia's apartment in the Farnese palace Act III -- Terrace of the Sant'Angelo castle, outside the prison Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco