Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1929 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Elisabeth Rethberg King of Egypt Eugenio Sandrini Amneris, his daughter Kathryn Meisle Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Leon Rothier Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Giuseppe Danise Messenger Ludovico Oliviero Priestess Valeria Post Incidental Dance Serge Oukrainsky/Corps de Ballet Show Dates Wed, Sep 25 1929, 8pm Time and Place Memphis and Thebes in the time of the Pharaohs' Power Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Hall in King's Palace at Memphis Scene 2 -- Temple of Isis Act II, Scene 1 -- A Hall in Amneris's Apartment Scene 2 -- The Gate of Thebes Act III -- Shores of Nile, near Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Judgment Hall Scene 2 -- Above: in Temple of Vulcan. Below: Vault beneath the Temple Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1929_01_compressed.pdf (7.56 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------