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 Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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(10/24) Santuzza Irene Dalis Giulietta Simionato(10/24) Lucia, mother of Turiddu Dorothy Cole Alfio, a village teamster Thomas Tipton Lola, wife of Alfio Janis Martin Show Dates Sat, Oct 13 1962, 8pm Wed, Oct 24 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1885; a Sicilian village Notes Part II of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director