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 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Turiddu Renato Cioni Brian Sullivan(11/17) Santuzza Giulietta Simionato Irene Dalis(11/17) Lucia, mother of Turiddu Dorothy Cole Alfio, a village teamster Thomas Tipton Lola, wife of Alfio Janis Martin Show Dates Wed, Oct 31 1962, 8pm Sat, Nov 17 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1885; a Sicilian village Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director