Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1931 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Incidental Dance by Ernest Belcher, Corps de Ballet Cast Aida, an Ethiopian slave Elisabeth Rethberg Amneris, daughter of the Egyptian King Faina Petrova Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Giovanni Martinelli Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Giuseppe Danise Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Ezio Pinza King of Egypt Eugenio Sandrini Messenger Ludovico Oliviero Priestess Charlotte Linne Show Dates Sat, Sep 12 1931, 8pm Time and Place Egypt, time of the Pharaohs Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Palace of the King of Egypt at Memphis Scene 2 -- Temple of Vulcan Act II, Scene 1 -- Amneris' Apartments Scene 2 -- The Gates of Thebes Act III -- Banks of the Nile near the Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- A Hall in the Temple of Justice Scene 2 -- Burial Pit in the Temple of Vulcan Media Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus – Triumphal Scene Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus – Triumphal Scene Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Rethberg (Aida) Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Faina Petrova (Amneris) Louis D'Angelo (Ramfis) Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Radames) Eugene Sandrini (the King) Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Radames) Credit Morton Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1931_01_compressed.pdf (8.3 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus – Triumphal Scene Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus – Triumphal Scene Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Elisabeth Rethberg (Aida) Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Faina Petrova (Amneris) Louis D'Angelo (Ramfis) Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Radames) Eugene Sandrini (the King) Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Giovanni Martinelli (Radames) Credit Morton
Image Aida, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1931. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Faina Petrova (Amneris) Credit unknown