Production Credits Web Site and Simulcast Event MPR Online Services Producer: John Pearson Site Designer: John McEvoy Site Designer: Michael Wells System Administrator: Joseph Zaepfel Programmer: Paul Cantrell MPR Broadcast Services Senior Director of Programming: Craig Curtis Broadcast Producer/Host: Brandi Parisi Audio Engineer: Michael Osborne Minnesota Opera President and General Manager: Kevin H. Smith Artistic Director: Dale A. Johnson Artistic Administrator: Roxanne Stouffer Cruz Artistic Relations Manager: Floyd Anderson Dramaturg: David Sander Marketing and Communications Director: Glyn R. Northington Libretto Photographs by Gary Mortensen Special thanks are extended to the musicians and performers, and the local chapter of the American Federation of Musicians, without whose cooperation this production would not have been possible. Minnesota Opera Tosca Performance Recorded May, 1998 Conductor: John Keenan Stage Director: David Roth Set and Costume Designer: Ulisse Santicchi Assistant Director: Peter Rothstein Lighting Designer: Kevin Ramach Children's Chorus Master: Janice Kimes Wig Master and Makeup: Tom Watson The Cast (in order of appearance) Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner (bass): Andrew Wilkowske A Sacristan (baritone): Brian Podolny Mario Cavaradossi, a painter (tenor): Tonio di Paolo Floria Tosca, a famous opera singer (soprano): Elizabeth Byrne Baron Scarpia, chief of police (baritone): Greer Grimsley Spoletta, a police officer (tenor): Robert Schmidt Sciarrone, a gendarme (bass): Sean Nugent A young shepherd (treble): Andrew Penning Jailer (bass): Sean Nugent Cardinal, the executioner Roberti, judge, clerk, sergeant, infantryman, Swiss Guards, townspeople This production was originally staged for The Dallas Opera by Giulio Chazalettes; the scenery and costumes for this production were designed by Ulisse Santicchi for the Dallas Opera; production owned by the Dallas Opera. Full Credits and Artist Biographies Tosca Homepage