Tosca
22nd April 2017
LA Opera, California
Tosca
Opera by | Giacomo Puccini |
Libretto by | Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica |
From an original play by | Victorien Sardou |
Creative Team
Conductor | James Conlon |
Associate Conductor | Grant Gershon |
Director | John Caird |
Scenery and Costume Designer | Bunny Christie |
Lighting Designer | Duane Schuler |
Chorus Director | Grant Gershon |
Children’s Choir Director | Anne Tomlinson |
Assistant Director | Trevore Ross |
Stage Manager | Whitney McAnally |
First Assistant Conductor / Prompter | Miah Im |
Muscial Preparation | Jeremy Frank / Milena Gligić / Bryndon Hassman |
Supertitles by | John Caird |
Cast
in order of vocal appearance: | |
Angelotti | Nicholas Brownlee |
The Sacristan | Philip Cokorinos |
Mario Cavaradossi | Russell Thomas |
Floria Tosca | Sondra Radvanovsky |
Baron Scarpia | Ambrogio Maestri |
Spoletta | Brian Michael Moore |
Sciarrone | Daniel Armstrong |
Jailer (Gaoler) | Gabriel Vamvulescu |
Alternate Cast | |
Floria Tosca | Melody Moore |
Scarpia | Greer Grimsley / Kihun Yoon |
Supernumeraries
Supernumeraries | Michael Baylon / Steven Brogan / Pancho Cardeña / Tony Cavallo / Jeff Cook / Tony Cronin / Lawrence Dillard / Michael John / Michael Lopez / Joshua Olkowski / Victor Ralys / R. Carlton Seaver (Cardinal) / Ottavio Taddei |
Chorus
Regular Chorus | |
Sopranos | Christina Borgioli / Lisa Crave / Emma-Grace Dunbar / Nicole Fernandes / Ayana Haviv / Terri Hill / Stephanie Jones / Ariel Pisturino / Renee Sousa / Courtney Taylor / Rebecca Tomlinson / Sunjoo Yeo |
Altos | Elizabeth Anderson / Rose Beattie / Aleta Braxton / Sara Campbell / Veronica Christenson / Kelly Krantz / Adriana Manfredi / Helene Quintana / Adrien Rainier / Melissa Treinkman / Jennifer Wallace / Belinda Wilkins |
Tenors | Stephen Arel / Omar Crook / Arnold Livingston Geis / James Guthrie / Steven Harms / John Kimberling / Charles Lane / Francis Lucaric / Sal Malaki / Mark David Miller / George Sterne / Todd Strange |
Basses | Mark beasom / Reid Bruton / Gregory Geiger / Michael Geiger / Abdiel Gonzalez / Robert Hovencamp / Mark Kelley / David Kress / Gabriel Manro / Steven Pence / James Martin Schaefer / Tim Smith |
Children's Chorus | |
Children's Chorus | Grant Anderson / Lydia Brown / Charles Connon / Tallis Edwards / Daniela Flores / Logan Galimi / Olympia Hatzilambrou / Gabriel Huisken / Ethan Kita / Oliver Madilian / Claire Miranda / Drew Pickett / Katie Pieschala / Arsen Tujian / Alexander Wong / Fionn Yapkowitz |
Orchestra
First Violin | Roberto Cani (Concertmaster) / Armen Anassian (Associate Concertmaster) / Lisa Sutton (Assistant Concertmaster) / Margaret Wooten / Olivia Tsui / Loránd Lokuszta / Tina Chang Qu / Radu Pieptea / Hana Kim / Kathleen Sloan / Neel Hammond / Sooah Kim |
Second Violin | Ana Landauer (Principal) / Marisa Sorajja (Associate Principal) / Florence Titmus / Leslie Katz / Michele Kikuchi / Cynthia Moussas / Jayme Miller / Grace Oh / Elizabeth Hedman / Irina Voloshina |
Viola | Yi Zhou (Principal) / Andrew Picken (Associate Principal) / Karie Prescott / Dmitri Bovaird / Kazi Pitelka / Kate Vincent / Carolyn Riley / Elizabeth Wilson |
Cello | Rowena Hammill (Principal) / Dane Little (Associate Principal) / Nadine Hall / Ira Glansbeek / Margaret Edmondson / Marshall McDaniel |
Bass | Nathan Farrington (Principal) / Frances Liu Wu (Associate Principal) / Don Ferrone / Tim Eckert / James Bergman |
Flute | Heather Clark (Principal) / Angela Wiegand / Sarah Weisz |
Piccolo | Sarah Weisz |
Oboe | Leslie Reed (Principal) / Sarah Beck / Jennifer Johnson |
Cor Anglais (English Horn) | Jennifer Johnson |
Clarinet | Stuart Clark (Principal) / Laura Stoutenborough / Stephen Piazza |
Bass Clarinet | Stephen Piazza |
Bassoon | William May (Principal) / Judith Farmer / William Wood |
Contrabassoon | William Wood |
Horn | Steven Becknell (Principal) / Daniel Kelley / James Atkinson (Associate Principal) / Jenny Kim |
Trumpet | Ryan Darke (Principal) / David Washburn (Associate Principal) / Andy Ulyate |
Trombone | William Booth (Principal) / Alvin Veeh / Terry Cravens / James Self |
Bass trombone | James Self |
Harp | JoAnn Turovsky (Principal) |
Celeste | Jeremy Frank (Principal) |
Timpani | Gregory Goodall (Principal) |
Percussion | Theresa Dimond (Principal) / John Wakefield |
Production Credits
Scenery constructed by | Ravenswood Studio, Inc. |
Additional costumes constructed by | Los Angeles Opera Costume Shop |
Wigs constructed by | Los Angeles Opera Wig & Make-Up Deparment |