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 1956 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Sir John Falstaff Leonard Warren Mrs. Alice Ford Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Ford, a wealthy burgher Frank Guarrera Nannetta, their daughter Audrey Schuh Fenton, a young nobleman Giuseppe Campora Mrs. Meg Page Margaret Roggero Dame Quickly Oralia Dominguez Dr. Caius, a physician Virginio Assandri Bardolfo Alessio De Paolis Pistola Nicola Moscona First Page Suki Schorer Second Page Matilda Abbe Innkeeper Paul Guenter Show Dates Tue, Oct 23 1956, 8pm Time and Place Fofteenth Century; Windsor Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Room at the Garter Inn Scene 2 -- Courtyard of 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