Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Arrigo Boito Based On works by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1927 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Chorus Master Giuseppe Papi Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Sir John Falstaff Antonio Scotti Ford Lawrence Tibbett Fenton Armand Tokatyan Doctor Caius Angelo Bada Bardolph Lodovico Oliviero Pistol Louis D'Angelo Mistress Ford Frances Peralta Nannetta Myrtle Donnelly Dame Quickly Ina Bourskaya Mistress Page Elinor Marlo Show Dates Tue, Sep 27 1927, 8pm Time and Place Windsor Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Interior of "The Garter" Inn Scene 2 -- A Garden outside of Ford's House Act II, Scene 1 -- Interior of Garter Inn Scene 2 -- Ford's House Act III, Scene 1 -- Exterior of the Inn Scene 2 -- Windsor Park