Composer Carl Orff Based On original medieval texts Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Portland, OR Venue Paramount Theatre, Portland Season 1959 Language Latin, German Creative/Crew Conductor Silvio Varviso Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Ghita Hager Cast Old Poet Frank Guarrera First coquette Nancy Foster Second coquette Margot Blum Third coquette Joan Marie Moynagh First Lover Edith Evans Second Lover Mark Elyn First Drinker Frank Guarrera Second Drinker Raymond Manton Burgundian Lady Mary Costa Lady's page Anthony Carilli Galen Dong Jonathan Fromer Ronald Goodwin Ralph Murphy James Waring Burgundian Troubadour Frank Guarrera Friend of the troubadour Robert Thomas Howard Fried Evaldo Dal Poggetto Eugene Green Mark Elyn Carl Palangi Solo Dancer(s) Sally Bailey Roderick Drew Show Dates Sat, Sep 5 1959, 8:30pm Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Scene 1 -- Fortune rules the world Scene 2 -- Springtime Scene 3 -- A tavern Scene 4 -- The Court of Love Scene 5 -- Fortune rules the world forever Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Notes Corps de Ballet