69. Tosca

First performance: 14 January 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome.
Cast: Ericlea Darclée (Tosca), Emilio De Marchi (Cavaradossi), Eugenio Giraldoni (Scarpia), Enrico Galli (Angelotti), Enrico Giordani (Spoletta), Ettore Borelli (Sagrestano), Giuseppe Gironi (Sciarrone); conductor: Leopoldo Mugnone.

Presumably the first performance of the definitive version: 2 December 1924 at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome. Cast: Bianca Scacciati (Tosca), Agostino Capuzzo (Cavaradossi), Carmelo Maugeri (Scarpia), Millo Marucci (Angelotti), Guido Uxa (Spoletta), Gaetano Rebonato (Sagrestano), Giovanni Pastocchi (Sciarrone); conductor: Piero Fabbroni.

Floria Tosca, celebre cantante (Soprano)
Mario Cavaradossi, pittore (Tenor)
Il Barone Scarpia, capo della polizia (Baritone)
Cesare Angelotti (Bass)
Spoletta, agente di polizia (Tenor)
Il sagrestano (Baritone)
Sciarrone, gendarme (Bass)
Un carceriere (Bass)
Un pastore (Ragazzo [Boy Soprano])

Chorus: Children, Soprano I, II, Contralto, Tenor I, II, Bass.

2 Piccolos, 3 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English horn, 2 Clarinets, Bass clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contra-bassoon, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Bass trombone, Timpani, Drum, Triangle, Cymbals, Tam-tam, Bassdrum, Carillon, Celesta, Small Bells (Campanelli), Harp, Strings.
Backstage: Flute, Viola, Harp, 4 Horns, 3 Trombones, Bells (Campane), Organ, 2 Drums, Rifles, Cannon.

Incagliati 1907 , pp. 158–160; Loewenberg 1943; Wolff 1953, p. 171; Carner 1992, pp. 379-408; Rosenthal 1958; Morini 1963; Hopkinson 1968, pp. 20-23; Gherardi 1977, pp. 292-293; Schickling 1989, pp. 138-158; Parker 1995; Burton 1995; Fairtile 1996; Schickling 1998b, pp. 89-90; Biagi Ravenni 2001; Budden 2002, pp. 181-222.