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 Sacramento, CA Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Season 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Dick Marzollo Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Santuzza, a village girl Ebe Stignani Lola, wife of Alfio Herta Glaz Turiddu, a young soldier Mario Binci Alfio, a teamster Francesco Valentino Lucia, mother of Turiddu Claramae Turner Show Dates Sat, Sep 25 1948, 8pm Time and Place The Present; Square in a Sicilian Village Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Notes San Francisco Opera Company Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director The curtain time is a guess; records didn't include that piece of information.