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 Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Santuzza, a village girl Vivian Della Chiesa Lola, wife of Alfio Herta Glaz Turiddu, a young soldier Charles Kullman Alfio, a teamster Ivan Petroff Lucia, mother of Turiddu Thelma Votipka Show Dates Tue, Nov 6 1945, 8pm Time and Place The Present; Square in a Sicilian Village Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"