Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Stella Roman Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Margaret Harshaw Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Frederick Jagel Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Ivan Petroff Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Ezio Pinza King of Egypt Lorenzo Alvary Messenger Alessio De Paolis Priestess Thelma Votipka Premiere danseuse Ruby Asquith Show Dates Fri, Nov 2 1945, 8pm Time and Place Memphis and Thebes in times of the pharaohs 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 the Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Judgment Hall Scene 2 -- Above: Temple of Vulcan; Below: Vault beneath the Temple Notes Corps de Ballet