San Francisco Association War Memorial Opera House

Company Sponsor Mrs. Edmund W. Littlefield is proud to support this production This production is also made possible, in part, by Elizabeth and Burgess Jamieson, Tad and Dianne Taube, and Koret Foundation

Tosca

(In Italian)

Opera in three acts by Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Based on the drama "La " by Victorien Sardou

Conductor Cast Marco Armiliato Cesare Angelotti Jordan Bisch

Director Sacristan Dale Travis Jose Maria Condemi Mario Cavaradossi Carlo Ventre

Set and costume designer Floria Tosca Adrianne Pieczonka Thierry Bosquet Baron Scarpia Lado Ataneli

Lighting Designer Spoletta Joel Sorensen Christopher Maravich Sciarrone Austin Kness

Chorus Director Shepherd boy Zachary Weisberg Ian Robertson Jailer Kenneth Kellogg

Fight Director Jonathan Rider * debut †Current Adler Fellow

Musical Preparation PLACE AND TIME: Rome in June of 1800 Bryndon Hassman

Musical Preparation Act I -- Interior of the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle John Parr INTERMISSION Ernest Fredric Knell Act II -- A room in Scarpia's apartments in the Farnese Palace Jonathan Khuner INTERMISSION Act III -- A terrace of the Castel Sant'Angelo, outside the Prompter prison Carol Isaac

Supertitles Christopher Bergen

Assistant Stage Director Morgan Robinson

Stage Manager Lauren Jones

Costume supervisor Jai Altizer Wig and Makeup Designer Gerd Mairandres

Production Super Captain Mike Harvey

Tuesday, June 02 2009, 8:00 PM Friday, June 05 2009, 8:00 PM Thursday, June 11 2009, 7:30 PM Sunday, June 14 2009, 1:00 PM Wednesday, June 17 2009, 7:30 PM Saturday, June 20 2009, 8:00 PM Tuesday, June 23 2009, 8:00 PM Friday, June 26 2009, 8:00 PM

Sponsors The performance of June 26th is sponsored by United Airlines

Notes Set design is based upon the Company's original 1932 production designed by Armando Agnini

On June 5, 2009, Tosca was the subject of a live simulcast to the A T & T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The record attendance at the ballpark was 27,000; the sold-out performance at the War Memorial Opera House numbered an additional 3,100.

SAN FRANCISCO BOYS CHORUS Ian Robertson, Artistic Director

Elio Bucky Clarens Caine Sean Dow Ryan Hedrick Albert Hurrell Brandon Johnson Kyle Miller Julian Moreno Takuma Okada Zachary Pedersen Gregory Porter Kyle Reidy Dominique Shaw Julian von Nagel Michael Wang Wade Warren Zachary Weisberg

SUPERNUMERARIES

Susan Anderson Dieter Bluhm Jim Bowes Tom Carlisle Steve Carp Richard Casse Gary Cramer Al Cummings Bob Ericson John Frizzell Lisa Gelling Joseph Giammarco John Giosso Eddy Gordillo John Guglielmelli Miguel Gutierrez-Ranzi Mike Harvey Jenny Jirousek Kevin Johnson Steve Lavezzoli Priscilla Lore Frank Masson Daniel Melia Cezar Mendoza Zachary Mendoza David Norton Leo Pribble Lucas Rebston Thomas Romero Yvette Rosedale Larry Severino Geoff Skidmore Christopher Smith Frank Sommers Michael Strickland Robert Stroman Carlos Suarez Raymond Sullivan Walt Thorp Mimi Timberlake Tom Walsh Sally Warren Carolyn Waugh Rob Wonder