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Adam Diegel as Mario Cavaradossi, 2022; Photo by Zach Mendez

ON STAGE

Tosca

Granada Theatre | Saturday October 1, 2022 6pm

Genre: Drama set in Rome c. 1850
Running time: 2 hours and 5 minutes
Language: Italian with English surtitles
Venue: Granada Theatre

“Opera Santa Barbara is off and running, scoring a hit with Tosca.”
Read Josef Woodard’s review in the Santa Barbara Independent here.

The great diva has it all: beauty, talent, friends in high places, love, and an unshakeable faith in God.  She lives a charmed life, blissfully unaware of the dystopia that surrounds her.  All that will change in one harrowing day and night, in Puccini’s nail-biting melodrama.

Soprano Eleni Calenos last seen in OSB’s Madama Butterfly in 2019 returns to the Granada stage to sing the titular diva. The painter Mario Cavaradossi will be portrayed by Adam Diegel who thrilled Santa Barbara audiences at our 25th anniversary Gala concert. The imposing chief of police, Baron Scarpia will be sung by Wayne Tigges, who sang John Proctor in our production of The Crucible in 2019. Layna Chianakas returns to direct our season opening after a successful double bill of Il Tabarro/ El amor brujo last season at the Lobero. The scenic and projection design for our unique production is created by Yuki Izumihara who wowed audiences with her designs in our production of Semele earlier this year. Artistic and General Director Kostis Protopapas conducts his first Tosca with our Opera Santa Barbara Orchestra and Chorus in full force.

Cast & Credits

DIRECTION

Director:
Layna Chianakas

Conductor:
Kostis Protopapas

Scenic & Projection Designer:
Yuki Izumihara

Lighting Design:
Helena Kuukka

Filmmaker:
Zack Mendez

ARTISTS

Floria Tosca:
Eleni Calenos

Mario Cavaradossi:
Adam Diegel

Baron Scarpia:
Wayne Tigges

Angelotti/Sciarrone:
Colin Ramsey

Sacristan:
Ben Lowe

Spoletta:
Matthew Peterson

Direction

Artists