Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1963 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Walter Kreppel Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Sandor Konya Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Regina Resnik Sandra Warfield(11/10) Aida, an Ethiopian slave Leontyne Price King of Egypt Joshua Hecht Messenger Richard Riffel Priestess Carol Todd Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father John Shaw Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Virginia Johnson Robert Gladstein David Anderson Show Dates Tue, Nov 5 1963, 8pm Sun, Nov 10 1963, 3pm Time and Place In Pharaohs' Time; 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 judgment hall Scene 2 -- Temple of Vulcan Notes Cast page note: In observance of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi Corps de Ballet