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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
1987-1988
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Set Designer(s)
Costume Designer(s)
Lighting Designer
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
Sciarrone
Voice of a Shepherd
Jailer

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

Acknowledgements

Supertitles underwritten through a generous grant from American Express.

Notes

This production is owned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago and is a generous and deeply appreciated gift of the late James C. Hemphill.

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
Vincent Altadonna
Jason Baker
Trevor Bjorklund
Brendan Bosch
John Bradley
Conal Byrne
Jen Chang
Lance Fenton
Joseph Guyton
Kevin Harding
Travis Harding
Richard Harper
Ross Jensen
Owen Lewis
Adam Lipski
David Liu
Jonathan Napier-Morales
Oliver Oyler
Gian Patel
Jeffrey Rice
Benjamin Rudiak-Gould
Caen Thomason-Redus
Cole Thomason-Redus
Colin Trevorrow
Camilo Velasquez

SUPERNUMERARIES
Joyce Barnett
Phyllis Blair
Madeline Chase
Phoebe Ciaffi
Annette Clark
Renée DeJarnatt
Robin Hodgkin
Joan Imbeau
Dorothy Papo
Nancy Petrisko
Stephanie Salter
Ellen Sanchez
Burgess Shiu
Beverly Terry
Carolyn Waugh
Sally Warren
Susan Weiss

Andrew Alder
Gene Angell
Richard Ares
Victor Banis
Stephen Bartlett-Re
Frank Bauer
Brett Bennett
Bruce Brown
David Clover
Don Correira
Copley Crosby
Roger Davidson
Terry deMoss
Gary Demyen
Timothy Dials
Kermit du Val
Kenneth Fox
Kurt Frank
Mickey Frettoloso
Eugenio Gamez
John Gilbert
Richard Goldman
Albert Goodwyn
Bill Higgins
Willard Holden
Mark Huelsmann
Paul Johansson
Frank Jorgensen
Joseph Kelley
Dan Kyte
Gregory Lawrance
John Lohr
William Martin
Berri McBride
Allan Miller
Matthew Miller
Ian Mishkin
Barry Nielsen
Les Partridge
Michael Pesavento
Harrison Pierce
Tom Purcell
Bill Randol
Paul Ricks
Stephen Rosen
Art Simon
Max Subervi
Allen Tusting
Gary Wendt-Bogear