the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Production
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
Shepherd Boy
Jailer
Show Dates
Time and Place
Rome in June of 1800
Scenes
Media
Sponsors
The Opening Night performance is sponsored by Lexus, a Division of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.
The performance of September 15 is sponsored by McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen.
The performance of September 23 is sponsored by Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
The performance of October 4 is sponsored by Potlatch Corporation.
Acknowledgements
This production was underwritten by a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Johnson, Jr.
Supertitles underwritten by a generous grant from Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hamilton
Notes
This presentation of "Tosca" is a co-production with the Lyric Opera of Chicago
Scenery constructed in San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios
Costumes executed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop
Rodgers organ provided by Ricketts Organ Sales and Service, San Leandro
The performance of December 12 is dedicated to the memory of Dorothy Kirsten.
Golden Gate Boys Chorus
Stephen Meyer, Director
Adrian Paredes
Michael Wood
Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boys Chorus
Joyce Keil, Director
Kris Daehler
Conrad Frank
San Francisco Boys Chorus
Eugene Pierce, Director
Elliott Baer
Jordan Davis
Jeremy Faust
Attila Gyulassy
Laszlo Gyulassy
John McMunn
Brandon Sherman
Eric Sparks
Cole Thomason-Redus
Additional Boy Choristers
Michael Belford
James Locke
Darryl Temple
Opening Night post-performance Champagne Reception courtesy of Istituto Italiano per il Commercio Estero
Truffles Violetta di Parma
Torino Bakery Parma
Parma Alimentare
Sparkling wine by Consorzio per la Tutela d'Asti Spumante D.O.C.
Supernumeraries were listed for the entire season; no separate opera-by-opera breakdown was published.
Here is the list:
Traude Albert
Susan Alden
Susan Anderson
Pat Angell
Elayne Ashman
Phyllis Blair
Katherine Brazaitis
Dorothy Brown
Regina Bustillos
Madeline Chase
Annette Clark
Joyce M. Clark
Brenda Czernysz
Jamie Daniels
Renée DeJarnatt
Darcy Fink
Mary Freeman
Karen Goodwyn
Mary Hanni
Joan Imbeau
Esther Jennings
Catherine Joseph
Kathleen Joyce
Andrea Kohlruss
Susan Mead
Ann Paras
Cassandra Plott
Karen Burtness Prak
Marian Reyes
Stephanie Salter
Christine Seigel
Mary Simon
Paula Sinclair
Stella Tatro
Beverly Terry
Kimberly Thompson
Mimi Timberlake
Linda Ann Unemori
Ceci Valente
Carolyn Waugh
Susan Weiss
Susan Wendt-Bogear
Caper Whitfield
Laurel Winzler
Susi Zador
Thomas Abels
Brett Allen
Ted Alves
Gene Angell
Edward E. Ash
John Atkinson
Franklin Bauer
Steve Bauman
Don Bechtel
Austin Bergin
Michael Berkowitz
Al Bernstein
David Black
Walter Blumst
Thomas Burroughs
Mark Burstein
Peter Cannon
Tom Carlisle
Rey Carolino
Joe Castrovinci
David J. Clark
David Clover
Joe Cohen
Scott Colby
Rudy Cook
Copley Crosby
Thomas E. Curran
David Dahlstrand
Peter de Petra
Brian Devine
John Dobson
Robert Dunn
Jim Dyvad
Pedro Echeandia
David Elkind
Milko N. Encinas
Timothy J. Farrelly