Name: Tosca
Start: 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Stage director

Josh Shaw

Conductor

Eiki Isomura

Singer

Soprano

Eleni Calenos

Floria Tosca

Tenor

Nathan Granner

Mario Cavaradossi

Baritone

Daniel Scofield

Baron Scarpia

Bass

Lloyd Reshard

Cesare Angelotti

Stefan Szkafarowsky

The sacristan

David Soto Zambrana

Spoletta

Jose Cuartas

Sciarrone

Ardean Landhuis

A jailer

Set designer

Grant Preisser

Lighting designer

Nate Wheatley

Opera Orlando

Others

Opera Orlando Chorus

Opera Orlando Youth Chorus

Orchestra

Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

Costume designer

Jennifer Madison

Makeup artist

Destinee Steele

Hairstylist

Italian

Tosca

Orlando

United States

Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Steinmetz Hall

Tosca Puccini

Public

English

Approved

Opera Orlando presents Puccini’s tragically grand Tosca to kick off its 2023-24 All for Art MainStage series. As war and rebellion ravage the city of Rome, the celebrated and passionate opera diva Floria Tosca finds herself caught in a web of religious and political intrigue, betrayal, and jealousy as she tries to save her lover the painter and firebrand Mario Cavadorossi, while being coveted by the villainous and corrupt Baron Scarpia, who holds all the power. It is an utterly untenable situation that proves dire for all involved, but Tosca isn’t one to back down from a fight.

This taut melodrama unfolds on stage at Steinmetz Hall in a brand new and sumptuous production led by stage director Josh Shaw, making his return to Opera Orlando, and conductor Eiki Isomura who is making his Company debut, with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit. They are joined by an international cast that includes Greek-soprano Eleni Calenos as the luminous and fiery Tosca with acclaimed tenor Nathan Granner as the fearless and dashing Cavaradossi. They are both making their Company debuts, while baritone Daniel Scofield, last seen as Sheriff Jack Rance in Opera Orlando’s site-specific production of The Girl of the Golden West, returns to Orlando as the treacherous and forceful Scarpia. 

The cast also includes 2023-24 studio artists, members of the Opera Orlando chorus, and the Opera Orlando Youth Company. Tosca will be sung in Italian with English supertitles and have a run time of approximately two hours and twenty minutes with one intermission.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble