Organization

Singer

Soprano

Adrianne Pieczonka

Floria Tosca

Tenor

Roberto Aronica

Mario Cavaradossi

Baritone

Lado Ataneli

Baron Scarpia

Dale Travis

The sacristan

Conductor

Marco Armiliato

Stage director

Lotfi Mansouri

Jose María Condemi

Costume designer

Thierry Bosquet

Set designer

San Francisco Opera

Italian

Tosca

San Francisco

United States

War Memorial Opera House

English

Approved

An idealistic artist, a celebrated singer and a corrupt police chief engage in a fierce battle of wills in this tempestuous tale of cruelty and deception. With its themes of political intrigue, sexual intimidation and official hypocrisy, Puccini's great melodrama set in 1800 is anything but dated. Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, praised by The New York Times for her lushly beautiful sound and poignant vulnerability, makes her Company debut in the title role. Baritone Lado Ataneli (Scarpia) has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as possessing one of the healthiest, roundest, most mellifluous voices on the planet. Honey-voiced Italian tenor Carlo Ventre makes up the third side of this fatal love triangle.

Tosca Puccini

Tosca by Puccini, From (2009/2009), Directed by Lotfi Mansouri, Jose María Condemi,, Conductor Marco Armiliato, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, United States

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