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 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Technical Director Armando Agnini Cast Sir John Falstaff Salvatore Baccaloni Fenton, a young nobleman Max Lichtegg Ford, a wealthy burgher Robert Weede Dr. Caius, a physician John Garris Bardolph, a follower of Falstaff Alessio De Paolis Pistol, a follower of Falstaff Lorenzo Alvary Mistress Ford Regina Resnik Nannetta, her daughter Licia Albanese Dame Quickly Ebe Stignani Mistress Page Herta Glaz Page Kathleen Lawlor Innkeeper Paul Guenter Show Dates Tue, Oct 19 1948, 8pm 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 Home Act III, Scene 1 -- Same as Act I, Scene 1 Scene 2 -- Windsor Forest at Night Notes Corps de Ballet