The production, presented by the Shanghai Opera Troupe in association with the Virginia Opera, was the first-ever full, Italian-language staging of Tosca in China. Peter Mark, Virginia Opera's artistic director, shared conducting duties with Lin Yousheng; Joseph Bascett was the director.

The role of Scarpia was shared by Sun Yu and Zhang Feng; Tosca was sung by Ma Mei and the Argentinean-born Fabiana Bravo. Cavaradossi was played by Chi Liming and Wei Song, a leading Chinese tenor and deputy director of the Shanghai Opera Troupe.

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