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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue Dreamland Auditorium Season 1928 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Santuzza Elda Vettori Turiddu Gennaro Barra Alfio Jose Mercado Lola Eva Atkinson Mamma Lucia Marie De Forest Emery Peasant Woman Violetta Polidori Show Dates Wed, Oct 3 1928, 8pm Time and Place A Public place in a Sicilian village Scenes A Public place in a Sicilian village Notes Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"