TOSCA

By Giacomo Puccini

Dare to Sing. Dare to Love. Dare to Defy.

She lived for art. She lived for love. Now, the singer Floria Tosca faces a brutal police chief whose cruelty forces her to sacrifice everything she cares for—in the hope of surviving.

Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

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Synopsis

In the seeming safety of a church, the singer Floria Tosca arrives to meet her lover, Mario Cavaradossi—only to find herself in the crosshairs of Rome’s vicious chief of police.

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Cast

Floria Tosca

Ailyn Pérez

Mario Cavaradossi

Michael Fabiano

Baron Scarpia

Alfred Walker

Cesare Angelotti

Soloman Howard

A Sacristan

Dale Travis

Spoletta

Joel Sorensen

Sciarrone

Timothy Murray *

A Shepherd Boy

Elisa Sunshine *

A Jailer

Stefan Egerstrom *

Creative

Conductor

Eun Sun Kim

Director

Shawna Lucey

Production Designer

Robert Innes Hopkins

Lighting Designer

Michael Clark

Chorus Director

Ian Robertson

Fight Director

Dave Maier

*San Francisco Opera debut

Performances
August 21, 27, 29; September 3, 5

A San Francisco Opera production.
Previous performances of Tosca can be found in our Archive.

Made Possible By
This production is made possible, in part, by Carol and Dixon Doll; John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn; Burgess and Elizabeth Jamieson; Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem; Joan and David Traitel; and Barbara A. Wolfe.