Tosca
18th May 2013
LA Opera, California
This LA Opera production opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles Music Centre on 18th May 2013.
The production originated at Houston Grand Opera in Texas. The première performance was at the Wortham Centre Opera House on 22 January 2010.
Tosca
| Opera by | Giacomo Puccini |
| Libretto by | Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica |
| From an original play by | Victorien Sardou |
Creative Team
| Conductor | Placido Domingo |
| Associate Conductor | Jordi Bernàcer |
| 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 | Lisa Kable-Blanchard |
| Muscial Preparation | Jeremy Frank / Audrey St-Gil / Nino Sanikidze |
| Prompter | Nino Sanikidze |
| Supertitles by | John Caird |
| Fight Director | Ed Douglas |
Cast
| in order of vocal appearance: | |
| Angelotti | Joshua Bloom |
| Sacristan | Philip Cokorinos |
| Mario Cavaradossi | Marco Berti |
| Floria Tosca | Sondra Radvanovsky |
| Baron Scarpia | Lado Ataneli |
| Spoletta | Rodell Rosel |
| Sciarrone | Daniel Armstrong |
| A Young Girl | Eden McCoy |
| Jailer (Gaoler) | Hunter Phillips |
Supernumeraries
| Supernumeraries | Roy Allen / John Paul Brandt / Tony Cronin / Josiah Davis / Brett Glazer / Corin Grant / Michael John / Michael Lopez / Tony Pacheco / Victor Ralys / Alex Valdivia / Tee C. Williams |
Chorus
| Regular Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Pamela Beasom / Christina Borgioli / Jamie Chamberlin / Lisa Crave / Leslie Dennis / Nicole Fernandes / Terri Hill / Virenia Lind / Renee Sousa / Courtney Taylor / Rebecca Tomlinson / Sunjoo Yeo |
| Altos | Elizabeth Anderson / Rose Beattie / Natalie Beck / Sarah Bloxham / Sara Campbell / Veronica Christenson / Michelle Fournier / Kelly Krantz / Helene Quintana / Adrien Rainier / Jennifer Wallace / Belinda Wilkins |
| Tenors | Stephen Arel / Scott Blois / Omar Crook / James Guthrie / John Kimberling / Charles Lane / Francis Lucaric / Sal Malaki / Mark David Miller / George Sterne / Todd Strange / Jan-Kees van der Gaag |
| Basses | Mark beasom / Reid Bruton / Julian Fielder / Gregory Geiger / Michael Geiger / Abdiel Gonzalez / Robert Hovencamp / Mark Kelley / David Kress / Steven Pence / Tim Smith / Arthur Wand |
| 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) / Jessica Guideri (Associate Concertmaster) / Lisa Sutton (Assistant Concertmaster) / Margaret Wooten / Jinny Leem / Olivia Tsui / Tamsen Beseke / James Stark / Armen Anassian / Loránd Lokuszta / Tina Chang Qu / Marina Manukian |
| Second Violin | Ana Landauer (Principal) / Steve Scharf (Associate Principal) / Florence Titmus / Leslie Katz / Michele Kikuchi / Cynthia Moussas / Jayme Miller / Susan Risk / 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 | John Walz (Principal) / Rowena Hammill (Associate Principal) / Dane Little / Xiao-Dan Zheng / Nadine Hall / Roger Lebow |
| Bass | David Young (Principal) / Ann Atkinson (Associate Principal) / Frances Liu Wu / Don Ferrone / Tim Eckert |
| Flute | Heather Clark (Principal) / Angela Wiegand / Sarah Weisz |
| Piccolo | Angela Wiegand / Sarah Weisz |
| Oboe | Leslie Reed (Principal) / Sarah Beck / Lelie Resnick |
| Cor Anglais (English Horn) | Lelie Resnick |
| Clarinet | Stuart Clark (Principal) / Don Foster / 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 | Tim Morrison (Principal) / David Washburn (Associate Principal) / Andy Ulyate |
| Trombone | William Booth (Principal) / Alvin Veeh / Terry Cravens |
| Tuba | Fred Greene (Principal) |
| Keyboards | Jeremy Frank (Principal) |
| Harp | JoAnn Turovsky (Principal) |
| Percussion | Theresa Dimond (Principal) / Timm Boatman |
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 |