[Met Performance] CID:152030
Tosca {285} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/26/1949.

(Debuts: Elisabetta Barbato, Denis Harbour)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 26, 1949


TOSCA {285}
Puccini-Illica/Giacosa

Tosca...................Elisabetta Barbato [Debut]
Cavaradossi.............Jussi Björling
Scarpia.................Alexander Sved
Sacristan...............Gerhard Pechner
Spoletta................Alessio De Paolis
Angelotti...............Hugh Thompson
Sciarrone...............George Cehanovsky
Shepherd................Thelma Altman
Jailer..................Denis Harbour [Debut]

Conductor...............Giuseppe Antonicelli

Director................Dino Yannopoulos
Set designer............Mario Sala
Set designer............Joseph Novak

Tosca received fourteen performances this season.

[J. Novak designed the sets for Acts I and III, Sala the set for Act II.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1949-50
• Tosca: Conductor [Antonicelli, Giuseppe]
• Tosca: Tosca [Barbato, Elisabetta]
• Tosca: Cavaradossi [Björling, Jussi]
• Tosca: Scarpia [Sved, Alexander]
• Tosca: Sacristan [Pechner, Gerhard]
• Tosca: Spoletta [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Tosca: Angelotti [Thompson, Hugh]
• Tosca: Sciarrone [Cehanovsky, George]
• Tosca: Shepherd [Altman, Thelma]
• Tosca: Jailer [Harbour, Denis]
• Tosca: Director [Yannopoulos, Dino]
• Tosca: Set Designer [Sala, Mario]
• Tosca: Set Designer [Novak, Joseph]
• 1949-50: Tosca: 14 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
• Antonicelli, Giuseppe [Conductor]
• Barbato, Elisabetta [Soprano]
• Björling, Jussi [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Harbour, Denis [Bass]
• Novak, Joseph [Set Designer]
• Pechner, Gerhard [Bass]
• Sala, Mario [Set Designer]
• Sved, Alexander [Baritone]
• Thompson, Hugh [Baritone]
• Yannopoulos, Dino [Director]