La Tosca

Opera - Revival

Center Theatre

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  • First Preview:
  • Opening Date: May 1, 1944
  • Closing Date: May 1, 1944
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Book: Victorien Sardou, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica

Libretto: Victorien Sardou, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica

Music: Giacomo Puccini

Synopsis

An opera singer loves a painter who sympathizes with her brother, a leader of the Italian resistance against Napoleon's coming invasion. When a sadistic chief of police arrests the painter, the singer is prepared to sleep with him to gain her beloved's freedom, in Giacomo Puccini's opera.

 

Opening Night Cast

Norbert Ardelli Mario Cavaradossi
Sidor Belarsky Cesare Angelotti
Mario Berini Mario Cavaradossi
Stanley Carlson A Sacristan
George Czaplicki Baron Scarpia
Dusolina Giannini Floria Tosca
Emanuel Kazaras Sciarrone
Ralph Leonard Cesare Angelotti
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Opening Night Production Credits

  Giuseppe Giacosa Book
  Luigi Illica Book
  Victorien Sardou Book
  Giuseppe Giacosa Libretto
  Luigi Illica Libretto
  Giacomo Puccini Music
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Shows That Opened That Season: 1943 - 1944

 
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