Cavalleria Rusticana

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

1943

Language

Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Kurt Herbert Adler

Stage Director(s)

Armando Agnini

Cast

Santuzza, a village girl

Dusolina Giannini

Lola, wife of Alfio

Christine Johnson

Turiddu, a young soldier

Charles Kullman(10/13)

Kurt Baum(10/30)

Alfio, a teamster

George Cehanovsky

Lucia, mother of Turiddu

Thelma Votipka

Show Dates

Wed, Oct 13 1943, 8pm

Sat, Oct 30 1943, 8pm

Time and Place

The Present; Square in a Sicilian Village

Notes

Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"

Offstage Chorus from Music Department, University of California, Edward Lawton, Director

AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS The Opera House in "blacked out" and all facilities have been inspected and approved by Civilian Defense authorities. As an additional factor for your safety, trained air raid wardens are on duty during performances. PLEASE OBEY ALL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE AIR RAID WARDENS