Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Sacramento, CA Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Season 1969 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Périsson Production Anthony Besch Designer Davis L. West Wolfram Skalicki Chorus Director Aldo Danieli Choreographer Nelle Fisher Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Ramfis Ara Berberian Radames Jon Vickers Amneris Margarita Lilova Aida Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic King of Egypt Clifford Grant Messenger Edward Herrnkind Priestess Sheila Marks Amonasro James Farrar Solo Dancer(s) William Johnson Don Douthit Show Dates Sun, Nov 23 1969, 7:30pm Time and Place Memphis and Thebes in the time of the pharaohs Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The King's palace at Memphis Scene 2 -- The temple of Ptah Act II, Scene 1 -- Amneris's apartment in the palace Scene 2 -- Within the gates of Thebes Act III -- The banks of the Nile near the Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- The judgment hall in the Temple of Isis Scene 2 -- A tomb below the temple Notes New production Chorus augmented in Act II, Scene, 2 by members of The Civic Chorale Winifred Baker, director