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 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Turiddu Glade Peterson Santuzza Giulietta Simionato Lucia, mother of Turiddu Dorothy Cole Alfio, a village teamster Thomas Tipton Lola, wife of Alfio Janis Martin Show Dates Sun, Oct 21 1962, 7pm Time and Place 1885; a Sicilian village Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director