Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettist Giovacchino Forzano Based On an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1958 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Glauco Curiel Stage Director(s) Enrico Frigerio Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Gianni Schicchi Giuseppe Taddei Lauretta, his daughter Sylvia Stahlman La Vecchia, Buoso's cousin Katherine Hilgenberg Rinuccio, her nephew Richard Miller Gherardo, Buoso's nephew Virginio Assandri Nella, his wife Joan Marie Moynagh Gherardino, their son Jonathan Fromer Betto, cousin to Buoso Richard Wentworth Simone, cousin to Buoso Lorenzo Alvary Marco, his son John Gillaspy La Ciesca, Marco's wife Cecilia Ward Spinelloccio, a physician Eugene Green Amantio di Nicolao, a notary Mark Elyn Pinellino, a shoemaker Colin Harvey Guccio, a dyer Harold Enns Show Dates Wed, Oct 29 1958, 8pm Time and Place The bed-chamber of Buoso Donati in Florence, Italy, in 1299 Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Elektra"