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 1959 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Staged by Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Don Giovanni, a young nobleman George London Don Pedro, the Commendatore Mino Yahia Donna Anna, his daughter Gabriella Tucci Don Ottavio, her fiancé Richard Lewis Leporello, servant of Don Giovanni Lorenzo Alvary Donna Elvira Leontyne Price Masetto Theodor Uppman Zerlina Pierrette Alarie Show Dates Tue, Nov 3 1959, 8pm 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 -- Room in Don Giovanni's palace Scene 4 -- Outside Don Giovanni's palace Scene 5 -- Ballroom in Don Giovanni's palace Act II, Scene 1 -- A street in Seville Scene 2 -- A dark hallway Scene 3 -- A garden near Donna Anna's palace Scene 4 -- A cemetery Scene 5 -- A room in Donna Anna's palace Scene 6 -- In Don Giovanni's palace Notes Corps de Ballet