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Tosca

She lives for art and dies for love.

May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, & 17, 2025
McCaw Hall

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Overview

You’d have to call this opera production a definite touchdown.”

– The Seattle Times

Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Giacomo Puccini’s melodrama returns to the McCaw Hall stage in a classic production that “has just about everything: great tunes, desperate lovers, loads of action, and a bad guy you’re going to love to hate” (The Seattle Times). Two lovers are thwarted by the power-hungry Scarpia while the fiery prima donna Tosca is pushed past sanity when her only hope for freedom means submitting to the evil Baron’s lecherous desires.

“Vocally perfect” (Broadway World) soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea (Alcina ’23, Don Giovanni ’21, Carmen ’19) and the “gleaming soprano” (Opera Warhorses) of Lianna Haroutounian (Madame Butterfly ’17) return to McCaw Hall as Floria Tosca. As Cavaradossi, the “warm, rich tenor” (Bachtrack) of Rame Lahaj alternates with “ardent tenor and an impassioned actor” (The Seattle Times) Yonghoon Lee, who returns to Seattle after his debut as Samson (Samson and Delilah in Concert ’23).

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Performance Information

McCaw Hall

In Italian with English subtitles

Evening performances at 7:30 PM. Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM.

Performance Time: 2 hours and 50 minutes including two intermissions

Movie-style rating: PG-13

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Audio Described Performance: Sunday, May 11
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Cast

Lianna Haroutounian

Floria Tosca

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tosca, Tosca

Hometown: Yerevan, Armenia
Seattle Opera Debut: Cio-Cio-San, Madame Butterfly (‘17)
Engagements: Madama Butterfly, Madama Butterfly (Royal Opera House); Adriana Lecouvreur, Adriana Lecouvreur(Teatro Cervantes Malaga) ; Cio-Cio San, Madama Butterfly (Teatro Regio, Teatro Carlo Felice, Teatro Real Madrid); Naples – La Gioconda, La Gioconda (Teatro di San Carlo)

Last Updated: December 2023

Lianna Haroutounian

Floria Tosca

May 3, 9, & 11

Vanessa Goikoetxea

Floria Tosca

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Alcina, Alcina

Hometown: Durango (Bizkaia), Spain
Seattle Opera Debut: Micaëla, Carmen (’19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Donna Anna, Don Giovanni (’21); Nedda, Pagliacci Highlights Recital (’20)
Engagements: Mimì, La bohème (Semperoper Dresden); Sabina, Hadrian (Teatro Real); Rosario, Goyescas (Opéra de Limoges); Floria Tosca, Tosca (Teatro de la Maestranza); Rusalka, Rusalka (Opéra de Nice); Amalia, Alfredo il Grande (Donizetti Opera Festival)

Last Updated: December 2022

Vanessa Goikoetxea

Floria Tosca

May 4, 10, 14, & 17

Yonghoon Lee

Mario Cavaradossi

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2022/23: Samson, Samson and Delilah in Concert

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Manrico, Il trovatore (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Otello, Otello (Opera Australia); Calaf, Turandot (Royal Opera House); Canio, Pagliacci (Wiener Staatsoper); Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca (Opera West Society); Radamès, Aida (Teatro Real)

Last Updated: November 2022

Yonghoon Lee

Mario Cavaradossi

May 3, 9, & 11

Rame Lahaj

Mario Cavaradossi

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca

Hometown: Istog, Kosovo
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Alfredo, La traviata (Opéra de Montreal, Opera Australia Sydney, Teatro Comunale di Bologna); Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca (Opera Hong Kong); Rodolfo, La bohème (Opera Wroclawska); Tenor Guest Soloist, Placido Domingo Galà Concert (the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg)

Last Updated: November 2023

Rame Lahaj

Mario Cavaradossi

Seattle Opera Debut
May 4, 10, 14, & 17

Željko Lučić

Baron Scarpia

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Baron Scarpia, Tosca

Hometown: Zrenjanin, Serbia
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Baron Scarpia, Tosca (Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin); Rigoletto, Rigoletto (Opéra Bastille); Macbeth, Macbeth (Bayerische Staatsoper); Iago, Otello (Metropolitan Opera); Giorgio Germont, La traviata (Royal Opera House)

Last Updated: March 2024

Željko Lučić

Baron Scarpia

Seattle Opera Debut
May 3, 9, & 11

Craig Colclough

Baron Scarpia

Bass-Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Baron Scarpia, Tosca

Hometown: Claremont, CA
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Der fliegende Höllander, Der fliegende Höllander (Göteborg Opera); Leporello, Don Giovanni (Los Angeles Opera); Monterone, Rigoletto (The Metropolitan Opera); Macbeth, Macbeth (The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Bayerische Staatsoper); Telramund, Lohengrin (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden); Alberich, Ring Cycle (Tiroler Festspiele Erl)

Last Updated: January 2024

Craig Colclough

Baron Scarpia

Seattle Opera Debut
May 4, 10, 14, & 17

Adam Lau

Cesare Angelotti

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Narbal, Les Troyens in Concert; Cesare Angelotti, Tosca

Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Seattle Opera Debut: Papa and Makoto Kobayashi, An American Dream (’15)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Angelotti, Tosca (’21); Masetto, Don Giovanni (’21); Alidoro, Cinderella (’19); Kōbun Chino Otogawa, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (’19); Ferrando, Il trovatore (’19); Speaker, The Magic Flute ('17)
Engagements: Colline, La bohème (Opera Philadelphia); Dr. Grenvil, La traviata (Metropolitan Opera); Sarastro, The Magic Flute (Ravinia Festival); Soloist, Verdi’s Requiem (Carnegie Hall); Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro (Utah Opera); Sam, Un Ballo in Maschera (San Francisco Opera)

Last Updated: January 2024

Adam Lau

Cesare Angelotti

May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, & 17

Barry Johnson

Sacristan

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25:

Hometown: Douglas, AZ
Seattle Opera Debut: Marco, Gianni Schicchi (’90)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Benoit/Alcindoro, La bohème (’21); Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro (’22); Marullo, Rigoletto ('19); Baron Douphol, La traviata (’16); Sciarrone, Tosca (’15)

Engagements: Capulet, Romeo et Juliette (Vashon Opera); Stage Director, HMS Pinafore (Pacific Lutheran University); Don Giovanni (Pacific Lutheran University); L’Elisir d’Amore (Pacific Lutheran University)

Last updated: February 2024

Barry Johnson

Sacristan

May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, & 17

John Marzano

Spoletta

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Beppe, Pagliacci; Spoletta, Tosca

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Giuseppe, La traviata (’17)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Soloist, Divo to Diva: Anita Spritzer in Recital (’24); Oronte, Alcina (’23); Gastone de Letorieres, La traviata (’23); Philistine Messenger, Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); Recitalist, Summer Recital Series (‘21); Le Remendado, Carmen (’19); Ruiz, Il trovatore (’19)
Engagements: Cassio, Otello (Vashon Opera); Tenor, Pride Pops (Seattle Symphony); National Semifinalist, National Council Auditions (Metropolitan Opera); Andronico, Bajazet (Portland Opera); Alfredo, La traviata (Vashon Opera); Camille de Rosillon, The Merry Widow (Tacoma Opera)

Last updated: June 2024

John Marzano

Spoletta

May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, & 17

Ilya Silchukou

Sciarrone

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Sciarrone, Tosca

Hometown: Minkus, Belarus
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Jager, Rusalka (Teatro alla Scala); Prince Yeletzky, Queen of Spades (Sofia Opera); Dandini, La Cenerentola (Sofia Opera, Opéra National de Montpellier); Simeon, L’Enfant Prodigue (Tacoma Opera); Belcore, L’Elisir d’Amor (Théâtre du Capitole)

Last Updated: May 2024

Ilya Silchukou

Sciarrone

Seattle Opera Debut
May 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, & 17

Tiffany Townsend

Floria Tosca (cover)

Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Nedda (cover), Pagliacci; America Robinson, Jubilee; Floria Tosca (cover), Tosca

Hometown: Jackson, MS
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Idleness, The Romance of the Rose (Long Beach Opera); Soprano Soloist, Verdi’s Requiem (Bakersfield Symphony, New Jersey Symphony); Soprano Soloist, George Walker’s Lilacs (New Jersey Symphony); Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (Wolf Trap Opera, LA Opera); First Playmate Der Zwerg (LA Opera)

Last Updated: July 2024

Tiffany Townsend

Floria Tosca (cover)

Creative Team & Staging Staff

Leonardo Sini

Conductor

Conductor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tosca

Hometown: Sassari, Italy
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Conductor, Aida (Staatstheater Hannover); Otello (Staatstheater Hannover); Il trovatore (Staatsoper Hamburg); L’elisir d’amore (Staatsoper Hamburg); La bohème (Muscat Royal Opera House Oman); Carmen (Royal Opéra de Wallonie Liège, Arena di Verona)

Last Updated: January 2024

Leonardo Sini

Conductor

Seattle Opera Debut

Brenna Corner

Director

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tosca

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Seattle Opera Debut: Don Giovanni (’21)

Engagements: Il trovatore (Washington National Opera); Carmen (Calgary Opera/Des Moines Metro Opera); Lucia di Lammermoor (New Orleans Opera); Hansel and Gretel (Kentucky Opera)

Last Update: December 2023

Brenna Corner

Director

Ercole Sormani

Set Designer

Set Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25:

Ercole Sormani Scenography
Founded in Milan in 1838, the scenic studio created by Ercole Sormani created opera scenery for La Scala during the days of Verdi and Puccini and to this day upholds the grand tradition of representational scenic painting. Glynn Ross, Seattle Opera’s founding director, purchased these Tosca sets in the 1960s. Refurbished over the years by Seattle Opera Scenic Studios, they have often transformed our stage and that of many other American theaters into Napoleonic Rome.

Ercole Sormani

Set Designer

Andrew Marlay

Costume Designer

Costume Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tosca

Previously at Seattle Opera: Tosca (‘15)
Engagements: Tosca (New York City Opera); Cavalleria rusticana (New York City Opera); Pagliacci (New York City Opera); The Music Man (New York City Opera); Die Fledermaus (Santa Fe Opera); Strider (Broadway)

Last Updated: May 2024

Andrew Marlay

Costume Designer

Connie Yun

Lighting Designer

Lighting Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Freddie Ballentine and Kunal Lahiry in Concert; Tosca

Hometown: East Lansing, MI
Seattle Opera Debut: Die Fledermaus (’06)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); The Marriage of Figaro (’22); Welcome Back Concert: Die Walküre (’21); Don Giovanni (’21);The Elixir of Love (’20); The Turn of the Screw (’18); Beatrice and Benedict (’18); An American Dream (’17 and ’15)
Engagements: Lighting Designer, The Marriage of Figaro (New Orleans Opera, Portland Opera); Salome (Des Moines Metro Opera); Pelléas & Mélisande (Des Moines Metro Opera); María de Buenos Aires (Florentine Opera); Madame Butterfly (Opera Philadelphia)

Last updated: March 2024

Connie Yun

Lighting Designer

Robertson Witmer

Sound Designer

Sound Designer
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Jubilee; The Magic Flute; Tosca

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: The Falling & The Rising (’19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (’24); Das Rheingold (’23); A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Orpheus and Eurydice (’22); Tosca ('21); Flight ('21); Don Giovanni ('21); Charlie Parker’s Yardbird (’20)
Engagements: Sound Designer, Camelot (Village Theatre); Composer, Murder in the Alps (Laguna Playhouse)

Last updated: June 2024

Robertson Witmer

Sound Designer

Ashlee Naegle

Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Designer

At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Wigs, Hair and Makeup Designer, Pagliacci; Jubilee; Lucidity; Les Troyens in Concert; The Magic Flute; Tosca

Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Seattle Opera Debut: Hair and Makeup Intern, Giulio Cesare (2007)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Supplemental Wigs, Hair and Makeup Designer, Das Rheingold ('23); Alcina ('23); X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X ('24); The Barber of Seville ('24)

Ashlee Naegle made a name for herself early on in her career by mastering the dying art of wig building. She created and designed for several companies around town until the Seattle Opera created an in-house Hair and Makeup Designer position for her in 2017. During her time as the in-house Hair and Makeup Designer, she has built a sizable wig collection, built a department, and set high standards for wigs, hair and makeup. With each production, her designs are custom built for the performers and their characters to create a believable façade for the audience as well as complement the costumes and production as a whole.

Last Updated: July 2024

Ashlee Naegle

Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Designer

Michaella Calzaretta

Chorus Master

Chorus Master

Hometown: Muscatine, IA
Seattle Opera debut: The Elixir of Love (’22)
Michaella Calzaretta made her Seattle Opera debut in 2022 as the company’s new chorus master and head of music staff. Acclaimed for her high standards and superb preparation skills, Calzaretta oversees all musical activities at the company and prepares the chorus for main stage productions. In January, the chorus embarked on their immensely successful first-ever tour to Mt. Vernon and Vashon Island. Recent praise includes “Her chorus was one of the stars... the voices were radiant” (Bachtrack) and “... the singers are both zesty and accurate (they’re also extremely nimble)” (The Seattle Times). Calzaretta is a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at Indiana University.

Last Updated: July 2024

Michaella Calzaretta

Chorus Master

Julia Meyering

Youth Chorus Master

Youth Chorus Master
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pagliacci, Tosca

Hometown: Kent, WA
Seattle Opera Debut

Julia Meyering made her Seattle Opera singing debut in 2018 as a chorus member in Porgy and Bess (’18). She is thrilled to be joining Seattle Opera as Youth Chorus Master. Currently, she serves as choral director at Tillicum Middle School in Bellevue, WA, where her choirs have won numerous regional, national, and international choir competitions.

Last Updated: July 2024

Julia Meyering

Youth Chorus Master

Seattle Opera Debut

Jonathan Moore

Production Stage Manager

Production Stage Manager
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Les Troyens in Concert, The Magic Flute, Tosca

Hometown: Houston, TX
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: The Little Mermaid, Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Mayerling, The Nutcracker (Houston Ballet)

Last Updated: September 2024

Jonathan Moore

Production Stage Manager

Seattle Opera Debut

Quinn Chase

Assistant Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Pagliacci, Jubilee, The Magic Flute, Tosca

Hometown: East Coast
Seattle Opera Debut: Il trovatore ('19)
Previously at Seattle Opera: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X ('24); Das Rheingold ('23); A Thousand Splendid Suns ('23)
Engagements: Sanctuary City (Seattle Repertory Theatre); A Christmas Carol (ACT Contemporary Theatre); Everything is Illuminated (Book-It Repertory Theatre)