Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Puccini's Tosca
Royal Theatre | February 18-24
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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