Composer
Librettist
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
1953
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreography by
Cast
Don Giovanni, a licentious young nobleman
Don Pedro, the Commendatore
Donna Anna, his daughter
Don Ottavio, her fiancé
Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira, jilted by Don Giovanni
Masetto, a peasant
Zerlina, his betrothed
Show Dates
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
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
Corps de Ballet
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.