Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Portland, OR Venue Portland Auditorium Season 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Stella Roman Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Blanche Thebom Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Kurt Baum Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Robert Weede Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Nicola Moscona King of Egypt Lorenzo Alvary Messenger Leslie Chabay Priestess Thelma Votipka Premiere danseuse Ruby Asquith Show Dates Thu, Sep 11 1947, 8pm Time and Place In time of the pharaohs; Memphis and Thebes Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Hall in King's Palace at Memphis Act I, Scene 2 -- Temple of Isis Act II, Scene 1 -- A Hall in Amneris's Apartment Act II, Scene 2 -- The Gate of Thebes Act III -- Shores of the Nile, near Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Judgment Hall Act IV, Scene 2 -- Above: In Temple of Vulcan; Below: Vault beneath the Temple Notes Corps de Ballet Priests, Priestesses, Ministers, Captains, Soldiers, Officials, Ethiopian Slaves and Prisoners, Egyptians, etc.