Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1959 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Leontyne Price Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Jon Vickers Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Giorgio Tozzi(11/1) Mino Yahia(11/7) Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Irene Dalis Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Lawrence Winters(11/1) George London(11/7) King of Egypt Carl Palangi(11/1) Mark Elyn(11/7) Messenger Robert Thomas Priestess Katherine Hilgenberg Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Sally Bailey Richard Carter Roderick Drew Show Dates Sun, Nov 1 1959, 3pm Sat, Nov 7 1959, 8pm Time and Place In time of the pharaohs; Memphis and Thebes Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- King's palace at Memphis Scene 2 -- Temple of Isis Act II, Scene 1 -- Hall in Amneris's apartment Scene 2 -- Gate of Thebes Act III -- Shores of the Nile near the temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the judgement hall Scene 2 -- Temple of Vulcan Notes Corps de Ballet Major intermission after Act II