Almost simultaneously:
Los Angeles.
London.
And tonight (in bocca al lupo!), Venice.
Puccini's 150th birthday has spawned, among other things, a flood of Toscas all around the world -- Teatro La Fenice di Venezia joins the fray with the Robert Carsen production (that had its debut with la Dessì in Hamburg, the photo above is from that production): Daniela Dessì (and Tiziana Caruso) as Tosca, Walter Fraccaro and Daniela's hubby Fabio Armiliato taking turns as Cavaradossi, Carlo Guelfi and Giuseppe Altomare as Scarpia, Daniele Callegari conducting.