Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based on the drama La Tosca by Victorien Sardou TOSCA (Sung in Italian with English supertitles)
Conductor CAST Riccardo Frizza (in order of appearance) Director Jose Maria Condemi Cesare Angelotti Scott Conner Production Designer Sacristan Dale Travis Thierry Bosquet Lighting Designer Mario Cavaradossi Brian Jagde Gary Marder Floria Tosca Lianna Haroutounian * Chorus Director Ian Robertson Baron Scarpia Mark Delavan Fight Director Dave Maier Spoletta Joel Sorensen Celeste Sciarrone Efraín Solís † Bryndon Hassman Shepherd boy Pietro Juvara * Organ Ernest Fredric Knell Jailer Hadleigh Adams † Musical Preparation John Churchwell Soldiers, police agents, priests, citizens Bryndon Hassman Tamara Sanikidze *San Francisco Opera debut †Current Adler Fellow Sun Ha Yoon † Prompter & Assistant Conductor pLACE AND TIME: Rome in June of 1800 Dennis Doubin ACT I Supertitles Interior of the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle Christopher Bergen Assistant Stage Director —INTERMISSION— E. Reed Fisher Stage Manager ACT II Gina Hays A room in Scarpia’s apartments in the Farnese palace
Costume Supervisor —INTERMISSION— Jai Alltizer Wig and Makeup Designer ACT III Jeanna Parham A terrace of the Castel Sant’Angelo, outside the prison San Francisco Opera production
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014 AT 7:30 pM Latecomers will not be seated during the performance after the lights have dimmed. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 AT 2 pM Patrons who leave during the performance will not be re-seated until the next intermission. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 AT 7:30 pM The use of cameras, cellular phones and any kind of recording equipment is strictly forbidden. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 AT 7:30 pM PLEASE TURN OFF AND REFRAIN FROM USING ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 AT 7:30 pM The performance will last approximately two hours, thirty-five minutes. .