Pacific Opera Victoria’s 2026 production of Puccini’s Tosca

Photos by David Cooper

Tosca

Music by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa,

based on the 1887 play La Tosca by Victorien Sardou

First Performance on January 14, 1900, at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome

Community Preview: February 16, 2026 | 7:00PM

February 18, 20, 24 at 7:30 pm

February 22 at 2:30 pm | The Royal Theatre

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Cast & Creative Team

Cast in order of vocal appearance

Tosca  |  Catherine Thornsley

Cavaradossi  |  Yongzhao Yu

Scarpia  |  Brett Polegato

Angelotti  |  Alex Halliday

Sacristan  |  Peter Monaghan

Spoletta  |  Asitha Tennekoon

Sciarrone  |  Matthew Li

Shepherd Boy  |  Finlay Green

Shepherd Boy  |  Andriy Yaremyn

Jailer  |  Louis Dillon

With the Pacific Opera Chorus & Supernumeraries, the Victoria Symphony, and The Victoria Children’s Choir

Conductor  |  Giuseppe Pietraroia

Stage Director  |  Brenna Corner

Set & Video Designer  |  Scott Reid

Lighting Designer  |  Michael Walton

Chorus Director & Principal Coach  |  Kimberley-Ann Bartczak

Fight & Intimacy Director  |  Geoff Malcolm

Stage Manager  |  Collette Berg

Assistant Stage Manager  |  Kelsey Cain

Assistant Stage Manager  |  Katerina Sokyrko

Assistant Stage Manager  |  Lourdess Sumners

Costumes supplied by the Canadian Opera Company (Kevin Knight, Designer)

Royal Theatre Stage Employees and Running Crew, Members of IATSE Local 168