24th February

Concert will begin at 04:00 hours GMT

Puccini's 'Tosca' from Costa Mesa

Puccini's 'Tosca' is an opera in three acts to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples's control of Rome threatened by Napoleon's invasion of Italy. Performers:

Claire Rutter: Tosca.
Brian Jagde: Cavaradossi.
George Gagnidze: Scarpia.
Ryan Kuster: Angelotti.
Dennis Petersen: Spoletta.
Michael Gallup: Sacristan.
Ralph Cato: Sciarrone.
Emmanuel Miranda: Jailer.

Pacific Chorale. Southern California Children's Chorus. Pacific Symphony. Conductor: Carl St Clair.