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 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Don Giovanni, a licentious young nobleman Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Don Pedro, the Commendatore Desire Ligeti Donna Anna, his daughter Mary Curtis-Verna Don Ottavio, her fiancé Jan Peerce Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni Italo Tajo Donna Elvira, jilted by Don Giovanni Brenda Lewis Masetto, a peasant Ralph Herbert Zerlina, his betrothed Bidú Sayão Show Dates Sun, Nov 2 1952, 2pm Time and Place Seventeenth Century; Seville Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Courtyard of Palace of the Commandant Scene 2 -- Street in Suburban Seville Scene 3 -- In 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 Corps de Ballet The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.