Tosca
19th November 2022
LA Opera, California
Tosca
| Opera by | Giacomo Puccini |
| Libretto by | Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica |
| From an original play by | Victorien Sardou |
Creative Team
| Conductor | Louis Lohraseb |
| Director | John Caird |
| Scenery and Costume Designer | Bunny Christie |
| Lighting Designer | Duane Schuler |
| Chorus Director | Jeremy Frank |
| Children’s Choir Director | Fernando Malvar-Ruiz |
| Fight Director | Andrew Kenneth Moss |
| Assistant Director | Erik Friedman |
| Stage Manager | Erin Thompson-Janszen |
| Prompter | Aaron Breid |
| Muscial Preparation | Aaron Breid / Peter Walsh / Lucas Nogara |
Cast
| in order of vocal appearance: | |
| Cesare Angelotti | Wei Wu |
| The Sacristan | Philip Cokorinos |
| Mario Cavaradossi | Michael Fabiano |
| Floria Tosca | Angel Blue |
| Baron Scarpia | Ryan McKinny |
| Spoletta | Anthony León |
| Sciarrone | Zachary James |
| A Shepherd | Deepa Johnny |
| A Jailer (Gaoler) | Ryan Wolfe |
| Alternate Cast | |
| Mario Cavaradossi | Gregory Kunde |
Supernumeraries
| Supernumeraries | Pancho Cardeña / Jeff Cook / Michael John / Joshua Olkowski / Bruce Johnson / Alex Penteado / Slim Khezri / Ryan Shervington / Andrew Lemus / Stephen Juhl |
Chorus
| Regular Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Christina Borgioli / Lisa Crave / Ayana Haviv / Terri Hill / Stephanie Jones / Virenia Lind / Ariel Pisturino / Renee Sousa / Lori Stison / Courtney Taylor / Rebecca Tomlinson / Sunjoo Yeo |
| Altos | Elizabeth Anderson / Rose Beattie / Natalie Beck / Aleta Braxton / Sara Campbell / Veronica Christenson / Kelly Krantz / Adriana Manfredi / Bonnie Snell Schindler / Melissa Treinkman / Jennifer Wallace |
| Tenors | Daniel Babcock / James Callon / Christopher Craig / Omar Crook / Sung Bong Kim / Charles Lane / Joseph Lopez / Francis Lucaric / Sal Malaki / Robert Norman / Todd Strange / Daniel Suk |
| Basses | Mark beasom / Reid Bruton / Abdiel Gonzalez / Robert Hovencamp / Jared Jones / Mark Kelley / David Kress / E. Scott Levin / Gabriel Manro / Steven Pence / James Martin Schaefer / Tim Smith |
| Children's Chorus | |
| Children's Chorus | William Crook / Audrey de Groot / Sebastian Dolinar / Jerald Flick / Sofia Flores-Castro / Sofia Gaffigan / Sadie Hays / Allegra Lazo LeMarie / Ilan Orlina / Luca Rauch / Jade Riley / Riley Smith / Camila Sparks / Kieran Sparks / Ava Villacorta / Maximo Wong-Chacon |
Orchestra
| First Violin | Roberto Cani (Concertmaster) / Armen Anassian (Associate Concertmaster) / Lisa Sutton (Assistant Concertmaster) / Margaret Wooten / Hana Kim / Olivia Tsui / Lucinda Chiu / Kathleen Sloan / Radu Pieptea / Loránd Lokuszta / Heather Powell / Neel Hammond |
| Second Violin | Ana Landauer (Principal) / Ina Veli (Associate Principal) / Florence Titmus / Leslie Katz / Michele Kikuchi / Cynthia Moussas / Irina Voloshina / Elizabeth Hedman / Nina Evtuhov / Tamara Hatwan |
| Viola | Shawn Mann (Principal) / Rob Brophy (Associate Principal) / Karie Prescott / Dmitri Bovaird / Kate Vincent / Alma Fernandez / Aaron Oltman / Diana Wade |
| Cello | John Walz (Principal) / Dane Little (Associate Principal) / Michael Kaufman / Helen Altenbach / Nadine Hall / Trevor Handy |
| Bass | Nathan Farrington (Principal) / Frances Liu Wu (Associate Principal) / Don Ferrone / Tim Eckert / Sukyung Chun |
| Flute | Heather Clark (Principal) / Angela Wiegand / Sarah Weisz |
| Piccolo | Sarah Weisz |
| Oboe | Leslie Reed (Principal) / Jennifer Cullinan / Sarah Beck |
| Cor Anglais (English Horn) | Sarah Beck |
| 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 / Jenny Kim (Associate Principal) / James Atkinson |
| Trumpet | Ryan Darke (Principal) / David Washburn (Associate Principal) / Steve O'Connor |
| Trombone | William Booth (Principal) / Alvin Veeh / Terry Cravens |
| Bass Trombone | Terry Cravens |
| Tuba | Doug Tornquist |
| Harp | JoAnn Turovsky (Principal) |
| Timpani | Gregory Goodall (Principal) |
| Percussion | Theresa Dimond (Principal) / John Wakefield / Scott Higgins |
| Orchestra Personnel Manager | Brady Steel |
| Music Librarian | Melisandra Dunker |
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 |