Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1937 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Choreography by Serge Oukrainsky Settings designed by Armando Agnini Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Gina Cigna Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Bruna Castagna Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Giovanni Martinelli Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Richard Bonelli Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Ezio Pinza King of Egypt Norman Cordon Messenger Ludovico Oliviero Priestess Jean Balfour Principal Dancer(s) Willette Allen Show Dates Thu, Nov 18 1937, 8pm Time and Place In Pharaohs' Time; Memphis and Thebes Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Hall in King's Palace at Memphis Scene 2 -- Temple of Isis Act II, Scene 1 -- A Hall in Amneris's Apartment Scene 2 -- The Gate of Thebes Act III -- Shores of the Nile, near Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Judgment Hall Scene 2 -- Above: In Temple of Vulcan; Below: Vault beneath the Temple Notes Corps de Ballet