Tosca
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
West Bay Opera, October 2002
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West Bay Opera’s 47th Season (2002-2003) Tosca Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica West Bay Opera, October 2002 |
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| Act I: The Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle | |
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Alone in the church, the Sacristan (Rick Williams) recites the Angelus. |
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The Sacristan (Rick Williams) is surprised when he sees that Cavaradossi (Kenneth Morris) has used the face of the mysterious woman praying daily in church as the model for his painting of Mary Magdelen. |
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Floria Tosca (Tracy Saliefendic) arrives to give flowers to the Madonna and to arrange a meeting with Mario Cavaradossi (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) later that evening. |
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Cavaradossi (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) gives Angelotti (Daniel Morris) a key to his villa and advises him to hide in the well in the garden if threatened with discovery. |
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Scarpia (Michael Morris) arrives with his henchmen and is angry to find the choristers dancing in anticipation of extra pay for a concert celebrating the victory over the French. |
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Scarpia (Scott Bearden) gloats as his plan to inflame Tosca (Julia Kierstine) with jealousy begins to take hold. |
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Scarpia (Scott Bearden) looks forward to the time when Cavaradossi will hang from the gallows and Tosca will be his while the chorus sings the Te Deum. |
| Act II: Scarpia’s apartment in the Palazzo Farnese | |
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Scarpia (Michael Morris) tells Sciarrone (Andrew Solovay) to inform Tosca that he will be waiting for her after the cantata. |
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Spoletta (Gary Ruschman) lurks in the background as Scarpia (Michael Morris) explains to Tosca (Tracy Saliefendic) that the truth would shorten a painful hour for Cavaradossi. |
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Tosca (Julia Kierstine) defies Scarpia (Scott Bearden) and Spoletta (Gary Ruschman) and insists Cavaradossi was alone at his villa. |
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Scarpia (Michael Morris) savors the thought that Tosca will surrender to his desires out of love for her Mario. |
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Scarpia (Michael Morris) orders Roberti the Torturer (John Briery), Spoletta (Gary Ruschman), the Judge (Jorge Mezei), the Clerk (Rudy Schroeter), and Sciarrone (Andrew Solovay) to take Cavaradossi (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) away for questioning. |
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Tosca (Julia Kierstine) discovers a knife on the supper table as Scarpia (Scott Bearden) writes out a safe-conduct for her and Cavaradossi. |
| Act III: A platform high on Castel Sant’Angelo | |
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The soldiers deliver the prisoner Cavaradossi (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) to the Castel Sant’Angelo. |
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Cavaradossi (Kenneth Morris) bribes the jailer (Michael Crozier) to leave him pen and ink to write a farewell to Tosca. |
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Tosca (Julia Kierstine) explains to Cavaradossi (Kenneth Morris) that she stabbed Scarpia with a knife and killed him. |
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Tosca (Julia Kierstine) shows Cavaradossi (Kenneth Morris) how to feign death by falling naturally “like Tosca in the theater.” |
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Cavaradossi (Gabriel Reoyo-Pazos) prepares to be shot “come Palmieri.” |
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The soldiers and Spoletta (Gary Ruschman) dash in to arrest Tosca (Julia Kierstine), but she defies them by leaping to her death over the parapet. |
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