Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettist Giovacchino Forzano Based On an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1923 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Arturo Casiglia Cast Gianni Schicchi Giuseppe De Luca Rinuccio Giordano Paltrinieri Simone Adamo Didur Betto Paolo Ananian Marco Louis D'Angelo Gherardo Amerigo Frediani Dottore Spinelloccio Albert Gillette Il Notaio (Notary) G. Ordini Pinellino Jose Corral Guccio Evaristo Alibertini Lauretta Merle Epton Le Vecchia Doria Fernanda Nella Anna Young La Ciesca Rene Lazelle Show Dates Sat, Oct 6 1923, 2pm Time and Place Florence. Twelfth century. Scenes The Room of Buoso Donati, Florence Notes Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"