Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Giorgio Tozzi Plinio Clabassi(11/14) Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Sandor Konya Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Irene Dalis Aida, an Ethiopian slave Gré Brouwenstijn Elinor Ross(11/14) King of Egypt Joshua Hecht Messenger Richard Riffel Priestess Janis Martin Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Ettore Bastianini Solo Dancer(s) Sally Bailey Jocelyn Vollmar Roderick Drew Kent Stowell Show Dates Fri, Nov 3 1961, 8pm Tue, Nov 14 1961, 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 Program note for November 14: Miss Ross appears tonight in place of Leontyne Price who was suddenly taken ill.