Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1942 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Stella Roman Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Bruna Castagna Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Frederick Jagel Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Robert Weede Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Ezio Pinza King of Egypt Lorenzo Alvary Messenger Paul Walti Priestess Thelma Votipka Solo Dancer(s) Ruby Asquith Show Dates Sat, Nov 7 1942, 8pm Time and Place In pharaohs' time; Memphis and Thebes Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Hall in the 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