Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Based on the play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou
First performed at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, Italy, January14, 1900
Sung in Italian with English Supertitles
THE CAST
(in order of appearance)
| CHARACTER | SAN DIEGO |
| Angelotti, bass | Jamie Offenbach (USA)* |
| Sacristan, bass-baritone | François Loup (Switzerland) |
| Cavaradossi, tenor | Richard Leech (USA) |
| Tosca | Galina Gorchakova (Russia) |
| Scarpia | Kimm Julian (USA) |
| Spoletta | Joseph Hu (Taiwan)+ |
| Sciarrone | Joe Pechota (USA) |
| Shepherd Boy, Jailor, Choir Boys, Priests, Citizens, Soldiers, etc. | |
| Conductor | Edoardo Müller (Italy) |
| Director | Ian Campbell (Australia) |
| *San Diego Opera début + San Diego Opera Ensemble Alumni |
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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
| Tosca = TOHS-cah | Angelotti = ahn-jay-LOHT-tee |
| Giacomo Puccini = GEEAH-koh-moh poo-CHEE-nee | Spolleta = spohl-LEH-tah |
| Luigi Illica = loo-WEE-gee EEL-lee-cah | Sciarrone = sheeahr-ROH-neh |
| Giuseppe Giacosa = jeeoo-SEHP-peh jeeah-KOH-sah | Farnese = fahr-NEH-seh |
| Cavaradossi = kah-vah-rah-DOHS-see | Müller = MEOOL-lehr |