San Francisco War Memorial 1970 I Page 1 of 2 Assn. Opera House

Tosca I (in Italian)

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

Conductor CAST Carlo Felice Cillario Cesare Angelotti José van Dam Stage director Sacristan Renato Capecchi Lotfi Mansouri Mario Cavaradossi Ludovic Spiess Chorus Director Floria Tosca Dorothy Kirsten (9/18,23) Francesco Prestia Régine Crespin (9/26; 10/4) Musical Preparation Jeannine Crader (10/9) Otto Guth Baron Scarpia Cornell MacNeil Costumers Spoletta Howard Fried Goldstein & Co. Sciarrone Timothy Nolen Voice of a shepherd Ted Schoenfeld Jailer Richard Lombardi

*Role debut †U.S. opera debut PLACE AND TIME: Rome, June 1800

Friday, September 18 1970, at 8:00 PM Act I -- Interior of the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle Wednesday, September 23 1970, at 8:00 PM Act II -- A room in Scarpia's apartments in the Farnese Palace Saturday, September 26 1970, at 8:00 PM Act III -- A terrace of Castel Sant'Angelo, outside the prison Sunday, October 4 1970, at 2:00 PM Friday, October 9 1970, at 8:00 PM San Francisco War Memorial 1970 Tosca I Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House

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Notes: Opening night floral decorations courtesy of Aan Francisco-Bay Area Retail Florists' Association and retail floristry students of City College of San Francisco, coordinated by Mrs. Joseph D. Cuneo.

San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director

Bradford Brennan Craig Brennan Robert Calvert Frederick Cohen David Englund David Green Randolph Haag Andrew Harris Leonard Kalm Richard Kehres Tad Laird Gary Levy Stuart Misfeldt Christopher Nowak Tyrone Po Geoffrey Reed Jeremy Renton Peter Rubardt Ted Schoenfeld David Sigal Scott Spiller Cyrian Tabuena Eugene Wang David Wolins Henry Wong