Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz 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 Margaret Harshaw Radames, Captain of the Egyptian Guard Frederick Jagel Amonasro, King of Ethiopia, Aida's father Ivan Petroff Ramfis, High Priest of Isis Ezio Pinza King of Egypt Lorenzo Alvary Messenger Alessio De Paolis Priestess Thelma Votipka Premiere danseuse Ruby Asquith Show Dates Sat, Oct 27 1945, 8pm Broadcast Sat, Oct 27 1945, 7am Live radio broadcast, partial performance. Time and Place Memphis and Thebes in times of the pharaohs 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 the Nile, near the Temple of Isis Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Judgment Hall Scene 2 -- Above: Temple of Vulcan; Below: Vault beneath the Temple Notes 10/27/1945, live radio broadcast, partial performance, 10:00 to approximately 11:40 p.m. Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet