Photo Coverage: Nashville Opera's 'Tosca'

Nashville Opera opens its 2009-2010 season with a sumptuous mounting of Puccini's classic Tosca, onstage at TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall October 8 and 10. Starring soprano Erika Sunnegardh in the title role, the production features William Joyner as Cavaradossi, Luis Ledesma as Scarpia, Matthew Trevino as Angelotti/The Jailer, Stefan Skafarowsky as Sacristan/Sciarrone and Tracy Wise as Spoletta. The production is directed by John Hoomes, artistic director for Nashville Opera, and the Nashville Symphony is conducted by Steven White, artistic director of Opera Roanoke. The Nashville Opera Ensemble, under chorusmater Amy Tate Williams, is also featured.

For ticket information, call Nashville Opera at (615) 832-5242 or you can visit the company website at www.nashvilleopera.org.

Company photographer ReEd Hummell, who is also director of sales and marketing for Nashville Opera, offers these photographs from the elegantly mounted production.