DETAILS
Tosca
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

DATES
Friday, June 27, 2008 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 29, 2008 2:00 p.m.

Estimated running time:
Two hours, 30 minutes, including 2 intermissions

VENUE
LILA COCKRELL THEATRE
Sung in Italian with English supertitles projected above the stage.

SYNOPSIS
Cherished not only for its heart-wrenching melodies, but regarded as an unforgettable dramatic masterpiece, Tosca is full of passion and intrigue as the billowing tension between love and betrayal ultimately clash in Puccini’s
heart-pounding thriller. Puccini’s masterpiece tells of the beautiful opera singer, Floria Tosca, who finds herself torn between the painter she loves and the loathsome chief of police who holds her lover’s fate in his hands. Hailed as his
greatest creative accomplishment, Tosca is filled with shocking treachery, murder and unbreakable love. We are especially excited for you to experience this magnificent drama at the San Antonio Opera.

CAST

Cavaradosi: Don Bernandini	Conductor: Gerome Shannon
Tosca: Carter Scott	Stage Director: John Gillas
Scarpia: Luis Ledesma	Accompanied by Children Chorus of San Antonio