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 1964 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Ferdinand Leitner Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Zita, Buoso's cousin Erika Wien Rinuccio, her nephew Glade Peterson Gherardo, Buoso's nephew Howard Fried Nella, his wife Carol Todd Gherardino, their son Brad Waddell Betto, cousin to Buoso Daniel McCaughna Simone, cousin to Buoso Andrew Foldi Marco, their son Pietro Menci La Ciesca, Marco's wife Janis Martin Gianni Schicchi Tito Gobbi Lauretta, his daughter Lee Venora Spinelloccio, a physician David Giosso Amantio di Nicolao, a notary John West Pinellino, a shoemaker Colin Harvey Guccio, a dyer Winther Andersen Show Dates Fri, Nov 20 1964, 8pm Time and Place 1299; the bedchamber of Buoso Donati in Florence, Italy Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Carmina Burana"