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Based On

the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1985-1986
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Production
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting supervised by
Sound Designer
Chorus Director
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Assistant Stage Director(s)
Supertitles
Stage Manager(s)

Cast

Cesare Angelotti
Sacristan
Mario Cavaradossi
Floria Tosca
Baron Scarpia
Spoletta
Voice of a Shepherd

Show Dates

Time and Place

Rome in June of 1800

Scenes

Act I -- Interior of the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle
Act II -- A room in Scarpia's apartments in the Farnese Palace
Act III -- A terrace of Castel Sant'Angelo, outside the prison

Media

Sponsors

Supertitles underwritten through a generous grant from American Express via the San Francisco Opera Guild

Acknowledgements

This production was originally made possible through a grant from the Charles E. Merrill Trust

The revival of this production is made possible, in part, by a grant from Pacific Telesis Foundation

Notes

Costumes executed by Grace Costumes, Inc., New York

Baldwin organ provided courtesy of
Baldwin Piano & Organ Center, Santa Clara, California

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Louis Magor, Director
Mark Bemesderfer
Jim Dobson
Jacob Donham
Matthew Donham
Jason Duty
Jaime Fink
David Greenbaum
Michael Greenbaum
David La May
Sirr Less
Conor Massey
Darren Massey
Ryan Massey
Ian McCullough
Daniel Raznick
Michael Raznick
Jeff Rice
Jesse Schwartzburg
Caen Thomason-Redus
Erik Yosten
Alexi Zemsky
Tony Zwerdling

SUPERNUMERARIES (selected from the following list)
Gertraud Albert
Susan Anderson
Patricia Angell
Devi Baptiste
Irene Bechtel
Phyllis Blair
Nora Brandstadter
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy C. Brown
Barbara Bruser
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Huguette Combs
Renée DeJarnatt
Courtney Fowler
Linda Hardgrove-Teets
Jeanne Harvey
Jennifer Heglar
Alianna Jaqua
Esther Jennings
Mary Joyce
Jackie Kaagen
Candace Kahn
Francesca Leo
Betty MacDonald
Patricia Medicina
Edith Modie
Jacquelynn Modl-Inglese
Liska Janelle Moody
Suzette Morales
Thelma Morris
Holly Morrison
Janet Morse
Gabrielle Motarjemi
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Miriam Preece
Camille Reich
Francesca Roveda
Louise Russo
Ellen Sanchez
Burgess Shiu
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Sally Warren
Lisa Waters
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear

Zoltan Andahazy
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Aaron Baca
James Baca
Nathan Baca
Sean Baca
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Todd Beauchamp
Don Bechtel
Noah Berry
Jonah Blechman
Ryan Boyd
Brandon
Bruce Brown
Vincent Brooks
Richard Campbell
Tom Carlisle
Roy Castellini
Gene Cikota
Stewart Clark
David Clover
Rudy Cook
Burton Covel
Jared Danielson
Roger Davidson
Daniel DeJarnatt
Alan Dettmering
Marc Dettmering
Scott Dettmering
Robert Donnelly
Kermit DuVal
William Easley
David Elkind
Rick Emmons
Joel Fort
Kurt Neal Frank
Mickey Frettoloso
Peter Garadis
Tom Garadis
Phillip Gibson
Albert Goodwyn
Benjamin Haas
Louis Handler
Steve Harper
Kent Harvey
Joe Hay
Philippe Henry
William Higgins
Paul Hofmann
Mark Huelsmann
Donavan Hughes
John Janonis
Clinton Jennings
Paul Johansson
Richard Jones
William Joyce
Chris Judge
Julius Karoblis
Joe Kelley
Patrick Kelson
Elliot Koppel
Ken Korpi
Mike Kurtz
George LaLumiere
Aaron Locey
Lance Locey
Ross Malsbary
Donald Martin
Ramon Martinez
Eugene Masciarelli
Berri McBride
Richard McGeary
Matt M