Rustic Chivalry Composer Pietro Mascagni Librettists Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Based On the story of Cavalleria Rusticana by Giovanni Verga Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Santuzza, a village girl Fedora Barbieri Lola, wife of Alfio Margaret Roggero Turiddu, a young soldier Jan Peerce Alfio, a teamster Ralph Herbert Lucia, mother of Turiddu Thelma Votipka Show Dates Thu, Oct 30 1952, 8pm Time and Place The Present; Square in a Sicilian Village Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Notes The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.