Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1964 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Joshua Hecht Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Jon Vickers James McCracken(11/27) Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Irene Dalis Aida, an Ethiopian slave Ella Lee King of Egypt John West Messenger Richard Riffel Priestess Carol Todd Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Chester Ludgin Solo Dancer(s) Cynthia Gregory Thatcher Clarke Ron Poindexter Show Dates Fri, Nov 13 1964, 8pm Fri, Nov 27 1964, 8pm Time and Place In Pharaohs' Time; Memphis and Thebes Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- King's palace at Memphis Scene 2 -- Temple of Vulcan 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 -- Tomb under the Temple of Isis Notes Corps de Ballet (No ballet soloists were listed in the program for November 27th)