Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Seattle, WA Venue Seattle Civic 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 Mon, Sep 8 1947, 8pm Time and Place In Pharaoh's Time; 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 The Seattle performance of September 8th was the first performance of the 1947 San Francisco Opera season. Corps de Ballet Priests, Priestesses, Ministers, Captains, Soldiers, Officials, Ethiopian Slaves and Prisoners, Egyptians, etc.