Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1960 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Musical Preparation Otto Guth Philip Eisenberg Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Mary Curtis-Verna Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Sandor Konya Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Robert Anderson Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Irene Dalis Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Mario Zanasi King of Egypt Andrew Foldi Messenger Gilbert Russell Priestess Janis Martin Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Sally Bailey Roderick Drew Julien Herrin Show Dates Mon, Nov 14 1960, 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 Mary Curtis-Verna stepped in for the indisposed Leonie Rysanek.