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 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Santuzza, a village girl Herva Nelli(10/1) Fedora Barbieri(10/8, 15) Lola, wife of Alfio Yvonne Chauveau(10/1, 8) Margaret Roggero(10/15) Turiddu, a young soldier Jan Peerce(10/1) Eugene Conley(10/8, 15) Alfio, a teamster Ralph Herbert Lucia, mother of Turiddu Thelma Votipka Show Dates Wed, Oct 1 1952, 1pm Wed, Oct 8 1952, 1pm Wed, Oct 15 1952, 1pm Time and Place The Present; Square in a Sicilian Village Notes Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"