Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1950 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Renata Tebaldi Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Elena Nikolaidi Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Mario Del Monaco Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Robert Weede Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Italo Tajo King of Egypt Yi-Kwei Sze Messenger Caesar Curzi Priestess Uta Graf Solo Dancer(s) Celena Cummings Show Dates Sat, Nov 11 1950, 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 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