Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte Based On a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1949 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Don Giovanni, a licentious young nobleman Italo Tajo Don Pedro, the Commendatore Desire Ligeti Donna Anna, his daughter Rose Bampton Don Ottavio, her fiancé Jan Peerce Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni Salvatore Baccaloni Donna Elvira, jilted by Don Giovanni Jarmila Novotná Masetto, a peasant George Cehanovsky Zerlina, his betrothed Uta Graf Show Dates Mon, Oct 31 1949, 8pm Time and Place Seventeenth Century; Seville Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Courtyard of the Palace of the Commandant Scene 2 -- Street in Suburban Seville Scene 3 -- In Don Giovanni's Palace Scene 4 -- Outside Don Giovanni's Palace Scene 5 -- Ballroom in Don Giovanni's Palace Act II, Scene 1 -- Same as Scene 2, Act I Scene 2 -- A Dark Hallway Scene 3 -- A Cemetery Scene 4 -- Room in Donna Anna's Palace Scene 5 -- In Don Giovanni's Palace Notes Insidental Dances by Corps de Ballet