Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Arrigo Boito Based On works by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1944 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Set Designer(s) Armando Agnini Cast Sir John Falstaff Salvatore Baccaloni Fenton, a young nobleman Bruno Landi Ford, a wealthy burgher Ivan Petroff Dr. Caius, a physician John Garris Bardolph Alessio De Paolis Pistol Lorenzo Alvary Mistress Ford Vivian Della Chiesa Nannetta, her daughter Licia Albanese Mistress Quickly Margaret Harshaw Mistress Page Herta Glaz Page Kathleen Lawlor Innkeeper Paul Guenter Show Dates Sat, Nov 4 1944, 8:15pm Time and Place Fifteenth Century; Windsor Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Room at the Garter Inn Scene 2 -- Courtyard at Ford's Home Act II, Scene 1 -- Same as Act I, Scene 1 Scene 2 -- Room in Ford's House Act III, Scene 1 -- Same as Act I, Scene 1 Scene 2 -- Windsor Forest at Night Notes Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association.