Tosca

Opera in 3 Acts

Composed by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Premiered January 14, 1900 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, Italy With the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, the Vancouver Opera Chorus, and the Vancouver Opera Children’s Chorus Sung in Italian with English SurTitles™ Approximately 2 hours 20 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission Costumes supplied by the Canadian Opera Company, designed by Kevin Knight This production of Tosca is a Co-Production of Pacific Opera Victoria and Vancouver Opera. Props were built by members of IATSE 168 and IATSE 118. The set was built by Pacific Opera Victoria by members of IATSE 168.

CREATIVE TEAM Conductor Jacques Lacombe Stage Director Brenna Corner Associate Director Amanda Testini Assistant Director Michal Aloni* Set & Projection Designer Scott Reid Lighting Designer Michael Walton Costume Designer Kevin Knight Assistant Lighting Designer Jamie Sweeney Fight & Intimacy Director Geoff Malcolm

Assistant Conductor Eve Legault ‡ Chorus Director, Children’s Chorus Director, Principal Répétiteur Tina Chang Répétiteurs Angus Kellett Cecilia NguyenTran*† Stage Manager & Intimacy Captain Emma Hammond Assistant Stage Manager & Fight Captain Lester Lee Assistant Stage Manager Rebecca Mulvihill Apprentice Stage Manager Claire Thornton SurTitles™ Creator and Operator Sarah Jane Pelzer * Artists from the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program † David Spencer Artist, supported by the David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund ‡ Appears courtesy of Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership Program

CAST Floria Tosca Joyce El-Khoury Mario Cavaradossi David Pomeroy† Baron Scarpia Gregory Dahl Cesare Angelotti Neil Craighead Sacristan Peter Monaghan

Spoletta Callum Alden*† Sciarrone Mihnea Nitu*† Jailer Willy Miles-Grenzberg Shepherd Boy Lucia Liberato (October 24) Mana Nakamura (October 29) Fanya Gross (November 1) * Artists from the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program † David Spencer Artist, supported by the David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund

Welcome

Our 2026–2027 season features three of the most popular operas ever written: a thriller, a comedy, and a romantic drama, by three of the most popular composers of all time. We’re excited to launch our season with Tosca, in which a fiery prima donna, a revolutionary artist, and a ruthless police chief are trapped in a deadly web of lust, torture, and betrayal. It has vivid and propulsive music that grabs you by the throat from the very first notes, interspersed with glorious arias and duets that are among the most famous in opera. This Tosca is a new production in partnership with our colleagues at Pacific Opera Victoria. Music Director Jacques Lacombe will lead our chorus and orchestra, and soprano Joyce El-Khoury, who has received widespread acclaim for her dramatic intensity and commanding stage presence, will perform the title role. Other key performers include Gregory Dahl as Scarpia, one of opera’s most infamous villains, and David Pomeroy as Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca’s lover. This production will also showcase six of our rising stars, all of whom have been mentored and supported by the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program. Brenna Corner is the Director, Amanda Testini is the Associate Director, Michal Aloni is the Assistant Director, and the cast features Callum Alden as Spoletta and Mihnea Nitu as Sciarrone. Cecilia NguyenTran has supported the cast as répétiteur during rehearsals. From mainstage spectacles to our Young Artist program to our education and community outreach initiatives, nothing we do at Vancouver Opera happens without your support. Whether you’re a donor, a season ticket holder, or someone experiencing the magic of opera for the first time, we appreciate you and are glad to share exceptional opera experiences with you. Tickets for the rest of the 2026–2027 season are on sale now. We will follow Tosca with Rossini’s delightfully comic The Barber of Seville in February, and will close our season with Verdi’s poignant masterwork La Traviata in April and May. We hope that you enjoy our thrilling, chilling Tosca! Tom Wright, General Director Stanis Smith, Board Chair

Notes from the Conductor and Director

As I’m writing my notes about Tosca, the question that comes to my mind is: Why do I love Puccini’s music so much? I guess that, just like in personal relationships: it’s impossible to give a complete answer to such a question, and perhaps it’s better that way, as it keeps a certain level of mystery to our feelings. But, having said that, I’ll take the chance of exploring some potential explanations for my love of Puccini’s Music. If, for a minute, you forgive me for being a bit personal, I must confess that I’m an incurable romantic…Tosca is the first opera I’ve ever learned and since the first day I’ve opened that score, it has always had a special place in my heart. In addition to that, it is with a Puccini opera, La Fanciulla del West that I’ve made my debut with Vancouver Opera, developing a very special relationship with this unique organization. For me, this was the beginning of a very precious and stimulating collaboration with the company, which I now have the honour to serve as Music Director. I could not have wished for a better way to start my relationship with Vancouver than by conducting Puccini. Going back to my love of Puccini’s music, one of the many reasons why I love this music so much is probably his unique talent to put in music stories that moves us so deeply in a direct way. In my opinion, that’s one of the reasons why his operas are so popular. The way Puccini communicates with his audience goes beyond the knowledge of the language and the codes of the “opera”. I sincerely believe that people who know nothing about music, who don’t know the Italian language nor the stories that inspired the Italian maestro from Lucca still “get it”. This element is fascinating to me as it talks about the power of art. That power is exactly what inspired Puccini to put into music this play written by the French author, Victorien Sardou. It’s after seeing the great Sarah Bernhardt, for whom the play was written, performing the play in French, a language that Puccini didn’t speak, that he was convinced to put this play into music. That tells a lot about the unique talent of this actress. And it does tell a lot about the talent of Puccini to reach such a vast audience. I think that Puccini is one of the best composers to put in music in a very personal and unique way, the complexity of human emotions and nature. Puccini had a great sense for theatre and drama, combined with an obvious and outstanding musical talent. He defined himself as a theatre-man. He once wrote: “I see the characters, the colours and the gestures of the characters. If, alone at home, I can’t see a scene in front of me, I don’t write, I cannot write a single note”. Hopefully, we’ll be able to give life to the vision that Puccini had for his Tosca and move you listening and watching one of the greatest operas ever written…

One of the most remarkable aspects of the opera canon is its ability to resonate deeply in our modern world. Whether experiencing the bohemian romance of Paris or Tosca's politically volatile Rome, these stories reflect enduring truths about the human condition; whether for good or bad. This flexibility is what makes them so enduring: we can reinterpret the same story, highlight different thematic elements, and still remain entirely faithful to the music, the characters, and the original narrative. In Puccini's Tosca, we enter a world of political machinations and corruption. A world where the ideas of truth and freedom are heavily controlled and manipulated. This work is far more than a period piece; it is a story of political oppression, speaking truth to power, and the vital role art plays in that struggle. All of which sadly continue to have resonance in our modern world. At the same time, it is the deeply intimate story of a young woman navigating a corrupt world for the sake of love, pushing herself to unimaginable lengths. Despite its rich layers, the core of our production uses this Italian masterpiece to hold a mirror to our own fractured reality. The political turmoil consuming Rome—suffocating surveillance, abuse of power, and the crushing of dissent—echoes the challenges we navigate today. In this production, the stakes are visceral and immediate. Yet, amidst the brutality of Scarpia’s regime, the heart of the opera remains a profound testament to the human spirit. Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi remind us that in times of instability, love and sacrifice are not merely romantic ideals, but radical acts of defiance. Their devotion serves as the ultimate resistance against tyranny. Ultimately, while the shadows of oppression loom large, the only thing that will endure indefinitely is the light of truth, and art. This is a story for now—urgent, raw, and resonant.

Synopsis

THE STORY IN SHORT

Rome, 1800. Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner, takes refuge in a church where Cavaradossi is painting a portrait. Tosca arrives and is jealous because the portrait resembles another woman. Cavaradossi denies infidelity, before leaving with Angelotti. Head of police Baron Scarpia leverages Tosca’s jealousy and follows her to Cavaradossi’s villa. Scarpia tortures Cavaradossi. To save her lover, Tosca reveals Angelotti’s hiding place, and Angelotti commits suicide. Scarpia orders Cavaradossi’s death, but agrees to give a letter of safe passage and stage the execution if Tosca sleeps with him. After the letter is signed, Tosca kills Scarpia. She joyfully tells Cavaradossi of the fake execution plan, but Scarpia has tricked Tosca. The bullets are real, and with Cavaradossi dead, Tosca throws herself off the building.

Full Synopsis

The church of Sant’ Andrea della Valle Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner and ex-consul of Rome, enters the church furtively. He lets himself into the Attavanti Chapel after finding a key that his sister has hidden for him. The artist Mario Cavaradossi enters to resume work on his portrait of Mary Magdalene, whose face is that of a blue-eyed, golden-haired woman often seen praying in the church. Although he admires the beauty of his model, he thinks only of his true love, the darkhaired, dark-eyed singer Floria Tosca. Angelotti tries to sneak away but recognizes his friend Cavaradossi who, hearing Tosca’s voice outside, gives him a basket of food and forces him back into the chapel to hide. Tosca enters, and having heard voices, is suspicious of her love and accuses her lover of entertaining a woman when he should be working. Mario assuages her fears and agrees to meet her later that night at his villa near the edge of the city. When she has gone, Cavaradossi offers his villa to Angelotti as a hideout, and the two men flee together. Baron Scarpia, the head of judicial and religious enforcement (and police) arrives with his henchmen, in search of Angelotti. They quickly discover clues that connect Cavaradossi to the woman in the painting, who is really Angelotti’s sister. Tosca leaves, focused on finding Cavaradossi who she believes is being unfaithful to her at his villa, not realizing that she has been tricked and is leading Scarpia’s agents directly to her lover.

Scarpia’s offices in the Palazzo Farnese Having followed Tosca to Cavaradossi’s villa, Baron Scarpia has the painter secretly arrested for sheltering Angelotti (still hidden within the villa). Cavarodossi is brought before Scarpia for interrogation but is led to the torture chamber when he refuses to reveal Angelotti’s whereabouts. Tosca arrives, and Scarpia questions her as Cavaradossi’s cries of agony are heard in the adjoining room. Though Cavaradossi implores her to keep silent, Tosca agrees to reveal Angelotti’s hiding place if her lover is freed. Cavaradossi, angered by Tosca’s betrayal of his friend, openly defies Scarpia, who orders his execution. As news arrives of Angelotti’s discovery and subsequent suicide, Tosca begs for her lover’s life. Scarpia names his price: her submission to his lecherous advances. Desperate, she agrees so long as Scarpia writes a letter of safe conduct for herself and Cavaradossi. Scarpia insists that there must be at least a mock execution and arranges the details with his aide that this execution will take place as they did when they “shot” Count Palmieri. Alone with Tosca, Scarpia advances amorously towards her. She stabs him with a knife she has found, takes the safe conduct pass, and rushes out to free Cavaradossi.

The Battlements of the Castel Sant’ Angelo As dawn approaches, Cavaradossi arrives at the prison of Castel Sant’ Angelo to be executed by firing squad. He sings of his love for Tosca, a love which has finally given him reason to live. Tosca appears unexpectedly with the news that his execution is to be a fake one, and that when he is “shot” he must feign death. They share a moment of joy as they look forward to their life together. The execution takes place and Cavaradossi falls to the ground. After the firing squad marches off, Tosca is horrified to discover that her lover is actually dead—she was tricked by Scarpia, and the fake firing squad death “like Count Palmieri’s” was all a ruse. Shouting is heard from inside the castle: Scarpia’s body has been discovered. Trapped, Tosca cries out, consigning both herself and Scarpia to God’s judgement, and leaps from the building to her death.

Synopsis by Maureen Woodall, Pacific Opera Victoria

Creative Team

Jacques Lacombe
Conductor

Jacques Lacombe was appointed Music Director for Vancouver Opera in 2023. He also serves as Music and Artistic Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse in France, and has served as Principal Conductor of the Bonn Opera, Music Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières and of the Orchestre de Lorraine in Metz, France. From 2010 to 2016 he was Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and from 2002 to 2006, principal guest conductor of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Renowned as a “gifted and ambitious” conductor (The New York Times), his artistic integrity and rapport with musicians and orchestras have propelled him to international stature. In recent seasons, Lacombe has conducted the Dallas and Boston Symphonies, leading the Boston Symphony twice for opening nights at Tanglewood, as well as the Orchestre National de France. Lacombe’s opera work includes all-star productions at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden and The Metropolitan Opera, the world premiere of Marius et Fanny with the Opéra de Marseille, and productions including Ariadne auf Naxos, Der fliegende Holländer and Eugene Onegin with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. He has led productions with Opéra de Monte-Carlo, most recently La Favorite by Donizetti with tenor Juan Diego Florez. Recently he conducted the Bonn Opera in new productions of Holofernes by Reznicek, La Bohème, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Peter Grimes as well as many productions at the Greek National Opera. In addition to releases for the CPO and Analekta labels, Lacombe recorded Janáček’s Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and the Verdi Requiem on releases with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, he received a Juno Award for his recording of Lettres de Madame Roy à sa fille Gabrielle featuring Marie-Nicole Lemieux. In 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. He is a Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Québec and a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the highest civilian honours in the country.

Brenna Corner
Stage Director

Brenna Corner is the Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Victoria and is also an opera director working across Canada, the United States and Europe. Select directing projects include: Macbetto (Washington National Opera); La Bohème (Los Angeles Opera); Tosca (Seattle Opera); Sweeney Todd (New Orleans Opera); Pagliacci (Glimmerglass Festival); Dead Man Walking (The Israeli Opera); and Carmen (The Atlanta Opera). Upcoming production include: Rusalka (Glimmerglass Festival), and The Importance of Being Earnest (Chicago Opera Theatre).

Scott Reid
Set & Projection Designer

Scott Reid is making his Pacific Opera début. He is a set, lighting, and projection designer who has been designing for theatre, opera, and dance for over 30 years. Although based in Calgary, Scott’s designs have been seen across North America. He has enjoyed designing for such diverse projects as theatre for young audiences, touring shows, new plays, and large-scale operas and ballets. Scott has been nominated for awards across Canada. scottreiddesign.com

Michael Walton
Lighting Designer

Michael’s lighting design credits span opera, theatre, and musical theatre over the last 30 years, across Canada and beyond. He has designed for the Stratford Festival for the last 21 seasons, where he is also the Head of Design. Recent opera credits include: Jenůfa (Opéra de Montréal), Bluebeards Castle (COC), Così fan tutte (COC and Israeli Opera), and numerous productions with Pacific Opera Victoria, such as Il Trittico, Jenůfa, Maria Stuarda, and Albert Herring.

Geoff Malcolm
Fight & Intimacy Director

Geoff is thrilled to be joining the creative team of Tosca. Locally you’ve seen Geoff’s work with Ballet Victoria, Pacific Opera Victoria, Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People, and Langham Court Theatre.

Amanda Testini
Associate Director

Amanda is an Italian-Canadian choreographer and director based on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, whose work spans opera and theatre across Canada and the U.S. Amanda has worked with companies like Detroit Opera, Theatre Replacement, Toronto City Opera, the Cultch, Pacific Opera Victoria, Arts Club, Bard on the Beach, Banff Centre, the Glimmerglass Festival, and Edmonton Opera. She is a graduate of Studio 58 and a Jessie award nominee. For more information, visit www.amandatestini.com.

Michal Aloni
Assistant Director

Michal Aloni is a singer and stage director working across opera and interdisciplinary performance. As a singer, Michal’s repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary works, with recent engagements with Chants Libres, People Watching Circus Collective, Cultureland Opera Collective, Opera 5 , Opéra de Montréal Chorus and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus. An emerging director, she recently completed a diploma in stage directing at McGill University, as well as a portfolio artist internship with Opera 5 and an observership at the Royal Opera House (UK). Michal holds voice performance degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the Jerusalem Academy of Music. * 2026-2027 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program Participant

Eve Legault
Assistant Conductor

Eve Legault is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Heart Institute Benefit Concert Project and a full-time conductor in Tapestry Opera's Women in Musical Leadership program, where she has collaborated with partner organizations across Canada. Nominated for the 2026 Heinz Unger Award from the Ontario Arts Council, she has conducted the Calgary Philharmonic, Kingston Symphony, Guelph Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau, National Youth Orchestra of Canada and Shaw Festival. She holds a DMA from the Manhattan School of Music, New York. *appears courtesy of Tapestry Opera’s Women in Musical Leadership Program

Tina Chang
Chorus Director, Children’s Chorus Director, Principal Répétiteur

Described as a “scintillating player,” pianist, and coach, Tina Chang is currently on the music staff at Vancouver Opera. She has been involved with Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland and soundSCAPE New Music Festival in Italy. Locally, she works with Chor Leoni and the Arts Club. She maintains her own private studio and has been on the adjunct faculty of both UBC and Dalhousie University. Other hobbies include hiking and eating chocolate. To find out more about Tina, visit www.TinaChangPiano.ca

Jamie Sweeney
Assistant Lighting Designer

Jamie Sweeney is a Canadian, Vancouver-based theatre collaborator. She is a lighting designer, a production manager, a performer, a deviser, a creator, and an artist. She has a BFA in theatre production and design from Simon Fraser University. Some companies she has worked with include Ballet BC, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver Opera, Arts Club, Rice & Beans Theatre, vAct, and Neworld Theatre.

Angus Kellett
Répétiteur

Angus is thrilled to be involved in a second production of Tosca with Vancouver Opera, having also been part of the 2007 production. Recent credits as répétiteur, music director, keyboardist, or conductor: Carmen, La traviata, The Merry Widow (Vancouver Opera); Come From Away, Frozen, Jersey Boys (Arts Club); 9 to 5, Shrek (Royal City); Il barbiere di Siviglia, Madama Butterfly (Burnaby Lyric Opera). Upcoming: Elf and Les Misérables (Arts Club), Finding Nemo (Carousel). Angus and his wife Dani happily reside here in Vancouver. anguskellett.ca

Cecilia NguyenTran
Répétiteur

Cecilia NguyenTran is a Vietnamese-Canadian pianist from Toronto, Canada. Growing up in Regent Park, she took music lessons at the community music school. When Cecilia attended Wilfrid Laurier University for her music degree, she took every opportunity to work with singers, including playing for Opera Laurier in her last three years of her undergraduate degree, as well as for her Opera Diploma. She earned her Master of Music in Collaborative Piano from McGill University in 2025, working alongside Michael McMahon and Stephen Hargreaves.

* 2026-2027 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program Participant † David Spencer Artist, supported by the David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund

Emma Hammond
Stage Manager & Intimacy Captain

Emma Hammond is a west coast-based stage manager who has been working in theatre and opera for over 10 years. She is always happy to return to Vancouver Opera, and thanks the stage management team for all their support. Emma has worked with various companies such as: Pacific Opera Victoria, City Opera, The Arts Club, The Firehall, Sticks and Stones, Theatre Under the Stars, Theatre Replacement, The Cultch, and the Banff Arts Centre. She would like to thank Justin for the years of kindness and joy.

Lester Lee
Assistant Stage Manager & Fight Captain

Lester is a Chinese Canadian Stage Manager, Designer and Technician in Vancouver. He has worked across the country and abroad in many live-performance capacities on projects of technical merit and interest to challenge himself with innovative tech and visionary collaborators. He is an outspoken advocate of anti-racist, anti-capitalist art and decolonizing theatre experiences. Some select theatre credits include: Rigoletto for Vancouver Opera, Resident Company Designer for Good Women Dance; Fidelio, Rigoletto, and La Bohème ASM for Edmonton Opera.

Rebecca Mulvihill
Assistant Stage Manager

Rebecca is happy to return to Vancouver Opera after Assistant Stage Managing La Traviata in 2019 and The Pearl Fishers in 2022. Rebecca has been the Stage Manager for the Douglas Campbell Theatre at Bard on the Beach for 5 seasons, and was the ASM for their BMO Mainstage Theatre for 3 seasons prior. She has been fortunate to work with companies including The Search Party, Théâtre La Seizième, Music On Main, Electric Company Theatre, The Arts Club, Touchstone Theatre, and many more. Love to c-bass.

Claire Thornton
Apprentice Stage Manager

Claire Thornton (She/Her) is from Oakville, Ontario. Starting as a performer on stage, Claire earned her Master of Music Performance in Opera and Voice from McGill University before shifting to Stage Management. Claire has worked with companies across Canada, including on the management teams at the Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre, Canadian Children’s Opera Company, Banff Centre, Yukon Arts Centre, Opera McGill, Highlands Opera Studio and as a 2025 Edmonton Emerging Artist. Claire is excited to be joining the Vancouver Opera Team.

Sarah Jane Pelzer
SurTitles™ Creator and Operator

Sarah Jane Pelzer is a stage director and surtitlist based in Vancouver, BC. She has directed, assisted, and taught across Canada and the US at Vancouver, Edmonton, and Manitoba Opera, Opera on the Avalon, Opera Kelowna, Wolf Trap, and the New England Conservatory. Sarah is the co-founder of Lucky Penny Opera, a company dedicated to exploring alternative models for creating opera performances.

Cast

Joyce El-Khoury
Floria Tosca

Praised by The London Times as a “true Verdian soprano…with exquisite bel canto style,” Lebanese-Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury is one of today’s most captivating operatic artists. Recent highlights include Norma at the Herodes Atticus Theatre, Médée at Paris’s Opéra Comique, Manon Lescaut at Bayerische Staatsoper, Hélène in Les Vêpres Siciliennes at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Blanche de la Force at Dallas Opera, and Tosca and Carmen at Oper im Steinbruch. A frequent collaborator with conductors Sir Mark Elder, Carlo Rizzi, Riccardo Muti, and the late Lorin Maazel. Her solo album Écho (Opera Rara) received a Juno nomination, and in 2022 she was honored as the Dallas Opera’s Maria Callas Debut Artist of the Year.

David Pomeroy
Mario Cavaradossi

Canadian tenor David Pomeroy returns to Vancouver Opera after his most recent appearance as the titular role of Gounod’s Faust. Since then, David has appeared with the New National Theatre Tokyo for Zemlinsky’s Eine florentinische Tragödie (Guido), Manitoba and Calgary Opera for Bizet’s Carmen (Don José), and Edmonton and Manitoba Opera as Cavaradossi (Tosca). Other engagements include performances with Oper Stuttgart, Oper Köln, The Metropolitan Opera, and Oper Frankfurt for Turandot, Tannhäuser, Aida, Madama Butterfly, and more. † An alumni of the David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund Artist Program

Gregory Dahl
Baron Scarpia

Canadian baritone Gregory Dahl has built an acclaimed operatic career, appearing with English National Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Teatro Real, and leading companies across Canada. Recent highlights include Scarpia (Tosca) with Manitoba Opera, Monterone (Rigoletto) with the Canadian Opera Company, and Marcello (La Bohème) with Vancouver Opera. This season, he returns to Vancouver Opera as Scarpia, sings Monterone with Opéra de Montréal, and performs Germont in La traviata with Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes.

Neil Craighead
Cesare Angelotti

Neil Craighead is thrilled to return to Vancouver Opera after appearing in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Dove’s Flight, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Recent engagements include three Mozart operas—The Magic Flute (Pacific Opera Victoria), Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Kelowna), and Don Giovanni (Calgary Opera)—and three appearances as Wotan in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Siegfried (Edmonton Opera). Other engagements include the Canadian Opera Company, Opéra de Québec, and Opera on the Avalon, among others.

Peter Monaghan
Sacristan

Canadian bass-baritone Peter Monaghan is acclaimed for his “lush, full voice” (Schmopera). Recent highlights include Masetto in Don Giovanni (Edmonton Opera), Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro (Pacific Opera Victoria), Falke in Die Fledermaus (Edmonton Opera), Sacristan in Tosca (Pacific Opera Victoria), and the title role in Sweeney Todd (Lethbridge Symphony). This season, he returns as Sacristan in Tosca with Vancouver Opera and sings First Priest/Speaker in Die Zauberflöte with Edmonton Opera.

Callum Alden
Spoletta

Callum Alden is a Vancouver-based tenor. Recent appearances include Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos with Pacific Northwest Opera, the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, and in Seattle Opera’s touring school production of Monkey & Francine in the City of Tigers. Callum was previously a Young Artist with the Opera Company of Middlebury, and completed his vocal studies at McGill University.  * 2026–2027 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program Participant

Mihnea Nitu
Sciarrone

Romanian-Canadian bass-baritone Mihnea Nitu has been praised for his "booming and robust vocals" (Opera Canada) and was marked as a “name to watch” by Bachtrack. Recent performance highlights include the title role in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale with Highlands Opera Studio, Marullo in Verdi's Rigoletto with Vancouver Opera, and the Father in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel with Manitoba Underground Opera. Mihnea received his Masters of Music from McGill University. * 2026–2027 Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program Participant † David Spencer Artist, supported by the David Spencer Endowment Encouragement Fund

Willy Miles-Grenzberg
Jailer

Willy has performed with the top opera companies, orchestras and choirs across Canada, as well as in churches, cafes, etc. as singer/songwriter/guitarist. He appears regularly with Vancouver Opera in both chorus and solo roles. He has performed as soloist in many of the great oratorios with Vancouver Bach Choir, The Handel Society, The Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra and The New Westminster Symphony. He has also performed with the Canadian Opera Co., Tapestry New Opera Works, The Elmer Iseler Singers, The Hamilton Bach-Elgar Choir, The Scarborough Symphony and the Amadeus Choir, among others.

Willy is also an avid guitarist and song-writer, with a vast repertoire of folk, pop and jazz standards, along with a catalogue of over seventy original songs. He has also recorded and toured extensively in Canada and the U.S as vocalist and bass-guitarist with Silk Road Music, a Vancouver-based Chinese "world music" ensemble, and is featured vocalist on their CD "Village Tales".

Orchestra, Chorus, Supernumeraries, and Production

FLUTES Brenda Fedoruk, Principal Anne-Elise Keefer Heather Beaty PICCOLO Anne-Elise Keefer Heather Beaty OBOES Emma Ringrose, Principal Kristen Cooke ENGLISH HORN Erin Marks CLARINETS Christopher Lee, Principal Carlos Savall BASS CLARINET Julie Begg BASSOONS Ingrid Chiang, Principal Tracie Whitelaw CONTRABASSOON Allan Thorpe HORNS Laurel Spencer, Principal Nick Anderson Heather Walker Nicole Ma TRUMPETS Katherine Evans, Principal Nikolaj Hansen Candice Newberry TROMBONES Jeremy Berkman, Principal Jim Tranquilla William Broverman CIMBASSO Drew Dumas, Acting Principal ORGAN / CELESTE Angus Kellett, Acting Principal Harp Janelle Nadeau, Principal TIMPANI Phillip Crewe, Principal PERCUSSION Julia Chien, Principal Martin Fisk Len Pearson VIOLIN I Rebecca Ruthven, Acting Concertmaster Angela Cavadas, Associate Concertmaster  Domagoj Ivanovic, Acting Assistant Concertmaster  Ji In Kim Lawrie Hill Georgina Leo Evelyn Creaser-Rumley Joyce Lee Toni Stanick Rick Dorfer VIOLIN II  Andrea Siradze, Acting Principal 2nd Jiten Beairsto, Acting Assistant Principal 2nd Ellen Farrugia David Lee Heilwig von Koenigsloew Sufan Yiu Julia Lim Ken Lin VIOLAS Tawnya Popoff, Principal Isabelle Roland, Assistant Principal Reginald Quiring Roxi Dykstra  Marie-Claude Brunet Catherine Chen CELLOS Rebecca Wenham, Principal Heather Hay, Assistant Principal Jake Klinkenborg Susan Round Yu Yu Liu BASSES Maggie Hasspacher, Principal Michael Vaughan, Assistant Principal Jeff White Laurence Mollerup Orchestra Manager Nick Anderson Orchestra Stage Manager Jim Tranquilla Deputy Orchestra Librarian Michael Vaughan

SOPRANO  D'Arcy Blunston  Rebecca Collett  Eve-Lyn de la Haye  Elizabeth Harris  Allyson Hop  Aviva Lacterman  Heather Pawsey  Julia Rooney  Szu-Wen Wang  Karen Ydenberg MEZZO SOPRANO  Shani Cohen  Francesca Corrado  Katie Fraser  Brenda Glass  Martina Govednik  Rachael McAuley  Heather Molloy  Megan Morrison  Elena Razlog  Dionne Sellinger TENOR  Ian Backstrom  Tristan Chalcraft  William Grossman  Paul Just  Adam Kozak  Lyndon Ladeur  Brent MacKenzie  Wade Nott  Harout Markarian  Sung Min Park  Mark Pepe BASS / BARITONE  Angus Bell  Henry Chen  Jason William Cook  Glenn deVerteuil  Jonathon Dick  Willy Miles-Grenzberg  Liam Robertson  Andrew Stewart  Zainen Suzuki

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Olivia Begg Fontaine Molyneaux Behgooy Emerald Chen Rebecca Floresco Clara Griesdale Fanya Gross Jake Apricity Hetherington* Myles Hunter-Gibbs Rowan Leslie Emilia Sankey Lewin Lucia Liberato Marlowe MacLennan Mischa Morawski Mana Nakamura Salomé Ochoa Claire O'Donnell Tessa Petkau Mela Pietropaolo* Sofia Scaglione Magnus Tao Supervisors Lorryzel Badajos Gillian Hunter-Gibbs Sophie Lee * Appearing with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

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Tosca in 60 Seconds
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Dear supporters of Vancouver Opera, We are delighted that you are here tonight to enjoy our production of Puccini's Tosca. This production of Tosca reminds us that the power of music goes beyond politics and language and straight to the heart of our shared human experience. Vancouver Opera is fortunate to have extraordinary musicians and artists involved in this mainstage production. As many of you know, our ticket sales make up one third of the operational costs to bring you opera excellence, with government grants and private donations making up the other two thirds. Please consider supporting Vancouver as a donor whether as a Friend, member of our Opera Round Table, member of our Amatori planned giving circle, or with a corporate gift. To our generous donors, mille grazie - many thanks. It is because of the generosity of our donor community that we can experience the beauty of this 400 year-old art form. Thank you all for your dedicated support of Vancouver Opera and if you'd like to join our growing community of donors, we would love to hear from you. With deep appreciation, Suzanne Scott PhD Director of Development

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Chair Stanis Smith Vice Chair Allie Meeres Treasurer Joshua Hutchinson Secretary Jennifer Choi Past Chair Krista Johanson Reda Akladios Krysta Chapman Ally Dick Shaun Dolman Joshua Hutchinson Kevin Kelly Pierre Lebel Ivor Luk Emily MacKinnon Richard Rees Andrew Robb Chloe Sauder Stephen Schachter Isabelle Spothelfer Carol Tsuyuki Susan Van der Flier Wilson Williams Yang Wang President, Vancouver Opera Guild Anna Batts

Chair Richard Rees Treasurer and Secretary Jim MacCallum Geoff Dodds Yuri Fulmer Emily MacKinnon Kevin Mah Susan Van der Flier Paul van Galder

General Director Tom Wright Music Director Jacques Lacombe Music Director Emeritus Jonathan Darlington General Director Emeritus James Wright Director of Marketing Jonathan Harrison Director of Development Suzanne Scott Director of Artistic & Production Nicole Lamb Director of Finance and Administration William Murgatroyd Director of Engagement and Civic Practice Ashley Daniel Foot ARTISTIC PLANNING Company Manager Kewen Huang Head of Music Leslie Dala Coach/Répétiteur & Assistant Head of Music Tina Chang Preparatory Librarian Connie Goetz PRODUCTION Technical Director Milk Chan Production Assistants Jimena Pacheco Head of Properties Stephen Field Elgar Costume Director Katie Hochman Head of Wardrobe Audrey Nishi Pachiel Smith DEVELOPMENT Manager, Grants & Sponsorships Xin Xuan Song Manager, Major Gifts Greer Ross-McLennan Development Coordinator Miranda Carroll FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Accounting and Payroll Manager Sonny Sohn Facilities Manager Mack McGillivray MARKETING Creative Director Annie Mack Associate Director of Marketing Keltie Laidlaw Database and Ticket Centre Manager Tracey Flattes Ticket Centre Associate Charlene Hibbard Social Media Specialist Lucas Bertoli Senior Communications Advisor Stephen Lyons Publicist Cynnamon Schreinert Program Ad Sales Jennifer Lee ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIC PRACTICE Writing/Research Jane Potter Multimedia Producer Mack McGillivray Engagement/Musicology Curator Nicholas Burns YULANDA M. FARIS YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM Program Director Leslie Dala Coach Tina Chang Julia LoRusso, Soprano Marianne Bertrand, Mezzo Soprano Callum Alden, Tenor Mihnea Nitu, Baritone Michal Aloni, Stage Director Cecilia NguyenTran, Pianist

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