Tosca
24th January 2014
Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois
This production opened at the Lyric Opera of Chicago on January 24th 2015, where it played in repertoire with two different principal casts until 14 March.
The production originated at Houston Grand Opera in Texas, where the première performance was at the Wortham Centre Opera House on 22 January 2010. It subsequently played for LA Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles opening on 18th May 2013. 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 | Dmitri Jurowski |
| Director | John Caird |
| Scenic and Costume Designer | Bunny Christie |
| Lighting Designer | Duane Schuler |
| Chorus Master / Rehearsal Conductor | Michael Black |
| Children's Chorus Master | Josephine Lee |
| Wigmaster and Make-up Designer | Sarah Hatten |
| Assistant Director | Shawna Lucey |
| Stage Manager | John Coleman |
| Associate Stage Manager | Caroline Moores |
| Stage Band Conductor | Francesco Milioto |
| Musical Preparation | William C. Billingham / Craig Terry / Eric Weimer / Maureen Zoltek |
| Prompter | Matthew Piatt |
| Fight Director | Chuck Coyl |
| Surtitles | Colin Ure |
Cast
| Multiple actors denote alternating casts. | |
| Characters in order of vocal appearance: | |
| Angelotti | Richard Ollarsaba |
| Sacristan | Dale Travis |
| Mario Cavaradossi | Brian Jagde / Jorge de Leon |
| Floria Tosca | Tatiana Serjan / Hui He |
| Scarpia | Evgeny Nikitin / Mark Delavan |
| Spoleta | Rodell Rosel / David Cangelosi |
| Sciarrone | Bradley Smoak |
| Shepherd | Annie Wagner |
| Gaoler (Jailer) | Anthony Clark Evans |
Chorus
| Chorus Master | Michael Black |
| Regular Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Elisa Billey Becker / Jillian Bonczek / Sharon Garvey Cohen / Patricia A. Cook-Nicholson / Cathleen Dunn / Janet Farr / Desirée Hassler / Rachael Holzhausen / Laureen Janeczek-Wysocki / Kimberly McCord / Heidi Spoor / Stephani Springer / Elizabeth Anne Taylor / Sheryl Veal |
| Mezzos/Altos | Claudia A. Kerski-Nienow / Marianna Kulikova / Colleen Lovinello / Lynn Lundgren / Maia Surace Nicholson / Janet Mensen Reynolds / Yvette Smith / Marie Sokolova / Laurie Seely Vassalli / Pamela Williams |
| Tenors | Geoffrey Agpalo / Jason Balla / Timothy Bradley / Harold Brock / William Combs / John J. Concepcion / Kenneth Donovan / Joseph A. Fosselman / Lawrence Montgomery / Mark Nienow / James Odom / Thomas L. Potter / Walton Westlake |
| Baritones/Basses | Matthew Carroll / David DuBois / Scott Holmes / Robert Morrissey / Kenneth Nichols / Steven Pierce / Robert J. Prindle / Thomas Sillitti / Craig Springer / Jeffrey W. Taylor / Ronald Watkins |
| Core Supplementary Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Carla Janzen / Suzanne M. Kszastowski / Kaileen Erin Miller / Christine Steyer |
| Mezzos/Altos | Corinne Wallace-Crane / Michelle K. Wrighte |
| Tenors | Jared V. Esguerra / Anthony P. Mcglaun / Dane Thomas |
| Baritones/Basses | Nicolai Janitzky / Martin Lowen Poock / Nikolas Wenzel |
| Supplementary Chorus | |
| Sopranos | Dana Campbell / Veronica Chapman-Smith / Katy Crompton / Bianti Curry / Rebecca O-G Eaddy / LaTanya M. Foster / Julie-Ann Green / Kimberly E. Jones / Kisma Jordan / Joelle Lamarre / Rosalind Lee / Amanda Noelle Neal / Susan Nelson / Tammie Woods |
| Mezzos/Altos | La'Shelle Allen / Jeanette Blakeney / Yolanda Denise Bryant / Prenicia Clifton / Leah Dexter / Rachel A. Girty / Elizabeth Gray / Ginger Inabinet / Silvie Jensen / Kamaran-Alexis Madison / Samantha McElhaney / Karmesha K.Peake / Adrienne Price / AnnMarie Sandy |
| Tenors | Ken Alston, Jr. / Curtis Bannister / Matt Blanks / Errin Brooks / Jermaine Brown, Jr. / Matthew Daniel / Joseph A. Diehl / Maurio Hines / Cameo T. Humes / Ernest C. Jackson, Jr. / Luther Lewis / Juan Carlos Mendoza / Taiwan Norris / Drew Ochoa / Brett Potts / Peder Reiff / Adam J. Smith / Chase Taylor |
| Baritones/Bases | Dennis Blackwell / Gregory Brumfield / Charles Carter / Claude Casino / Michael Cavalieri / Todd von Felker / John Fulton / Kirk Greiner / Earl Hazell / Aaron Ingersoll / Donald Craig Manuel / Jason S. McKinney / LaRon McNichols / Wilbur Pauley / Douglas Peters / Markel Reed / Aaron Reeder / Dan Richardson / Joseph T. Roberts / Vince Wallace / Nicholas Ward |
| Children's Chorus | |
| Members of Chicago Children's Choir | Kristopher Athey (Understudy) / Bruiser Ford / Penelope Gelman / Gage Gerding / Ethan Glen / Alexandra Good / Olivia Katz / Tyler Keogh (Understudy) / Albert Kerelis / Gretchen Matzke / Madeleine Musgrove / Gabriela Poplawski / Ellen Sandner / Thomas Serges / Nina Sharda / Gretchen Steele / Yasmine Steele / Aaliyah Torres |
| Artistic Director | Josephine Lee |
| Associate Conductor | Judy Hanson |
| Assistant Conductor | Lisa Roth |
Music Staff
| Head of Music Staff | Philip Morehead |
| Music Staff | Emanuele Andrizzi / William C. Billingham / Susan Miller Hult / Jonathan Khuner / Grant Loshing / Francesco Milioto / Jerad Mosbey / Matthew Piatt / Craig Terry / Eric Weimer / Maureen Zoltek |
Orchestra
| Violin I | Robert Hanford (Concertmaster) / Sharon Polifrone (Assistant Concertmaster) / Alexander Belavsky / Kathleen Brauer / Pauli Ewing / Bing Y. Grant / David Hildner / Ellen Hildner / Laura Miller / Eugene Pazin / Liba Schacht / Heather Wittels |
| Violin II | Yin Shen (Principal) / John Macfarlane (Assistant Principal) / Bonita Di Bello / Diane Duraffourg-Robinson / Teresa Kay Fream / Peter Labella / Ann Palen / Irene Radetzky / John D. Robinson / David Volfe / Albert Wang |
| Viola | Carol Cook (Principal) / Terri van Valkinburgh / (Assistant Principal) / Frank W. Babbitt / Eva Carol Beck / Patrick Brennan / Sunghee Choi / Karl Davies / Melissa Trier Kirk |
| Cello | Calum Cook (Principal) / Walter Preucil (Acting Assistant Principal) / Mark Brandfonbrener / William H. Cernota / Laura Deming / Barbara Haffner / Andrew Hesse / Paula Kosower |
| Bass | Michael Geller (Principal) / Brian Ferguson (Assistant Principal) / Andrew L. W. Anderson / Aventino E. Calvetti, Jr. / Gregory Sarchet / Collins R. Trier |
| Flute | Marie Tachouet (Principal) / Alyce Johnson (Acting Principal) / Jennifer Bouton / Jenny Robinson |
| Piccolo | Alyce Johnson |
| Oboe | Judith Kulb (Principal) / Robert E. Morgan (Assistant Principal) / Judith Zunamon Lewis |
| Cor Anglais (English Horn) | Robert E. Morgan |
| Clarinet | Charlene Zimmerman (Principal) / Susan Warner (Acting Assistant Principal) / Sergey Gutorov |
| Bass Clarinet | Susan Warner |
| Bassoon | James T. Berkenstock (Principal) / Lewis Kirk (Assistant Principal) / Preman Tilson |
| Contrabassoon | Lewis Kirk |
| Horn | Jonathan Boen (Principal) / Fritz Foss (Assistant Principal/Utility Horn) / Robert E. Johnson (Third Horn) / Neil Kimel / Paul Straka |
| Trumpet | William Denton (Principal) / Matthew Comerford (Co-Assistant Principal) / Channing Philbrick (Co-Assistant Principal) |
| Trombone | Jeremy Moeller (Principal) / Mark Fisher (Assistant Principal) / John Schwalm |
| Bass Trombone | John Schwalm |
| Tuba | Andrew Smith (Principal) |
| Harp | Marguerite Lynn Williams (Principal) |
| Timpani | Edward Harrison (Principal) |
| Percussion | Michael Green (Principal) / Douglas Waddell (Assistant Principal) / Eric Millstein |
| Librarian | John Rosenkrans (Principal) |
| Personnel Manager | Peter Labella |
| Stageband Contractor | Christine Janicki |
Production Credits
| Scenery Constructed by | Ravenswood Studio, Inc., Chicago |
| Front cloths painted by | CTS, Cardiff, U.K. |
| Statues constructed by | Roger Cresswell, U.K. |
| Crates built by | Cre8 A Scene, Houston, Texas |
| Costumes constructed by the | Houston Grand Opera Costume Department |