TOSCA: Childhood Memories of CCOC

COC PRODUCTION
Giacomo Puccini
Set in Rome amid the turbulence of the Napoleonic Wars, Tosca is a tense psychological drama of passion and betrayal. Floria Tosca, a famous singer, murders Scarpia, the vicious chief of police, to save her beloved Cavaradossi. But Scarpia’s schemes outlive him with cruel and fatal consequences.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS
Tosca Adrianne Pieczonka/Keri Alkema*
Cavaradossi  Marcelo Puente/Kamen Chanev*
Scarpia  Markus Marquardt/Craig Colclough*
AngelottiMusa Ngqungwana
A Sacristan  Donato di Stefano
SpolettaJoel Sorensen
Sciarrone Giles Tomkins
A JailerBruno Roy
Conductor:   Keri-Lynn Wilson
Director: Paul Curran
Set Designer and Costume Designer: Kevin Knight
Lighting Designer: David Martin Jacques
Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
*May 7, 11, 14, 18, 20, 2017
Adrianne Pieczonka as Tosca in Tosca (COC, 2012). Photo: Michael Cooper

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