Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach 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 Kurt Baum Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Robert Weede Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Nicola Moscona King of Egypt Lorenzo Alvary Messenger Leslie Chabay Priestess Thelma Votipka Premiere danseuse Ruby Asquith Show Dates Sat, Oct 25 1947, 8pm Time and Place In time of the pharaohs; 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