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 War Memorial Opera House Season 1936 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Gianni Schicchi Lawrence Tibbett Lauretta, his daughter Gina Vanna La Vecchia, Buoso's cousin Doris Doe Rinuccio, her nephew Charles Kullman Gherardo, Buoso's nephew Ludovico Oliviero Nella, his wife Esther Green Gherardino, their son Kathleen Lawlor Betto, cousin to Buoso Arnold Gabor La Ciesca, Marco's wife Jean Merrill Spinelloccio, a physician Oliver Jones Ser Amantio di Nicolao, a notary Alfredo Gandolfi Pinellino, a shoemaker Louis Braunstein Guccio, a dyer Paul Wright Show Dates Wed, Nov 11 1936, 8pm Time and Place 1299 at Florence, in the bed-chamber of Buoso Donati Media Image Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ludovico Oliviero (Gerardo), Lawrence Tibbett (Schicchi), Charles Kullman (Rinuccio) Credit Morton Image Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Schicchi) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1936_04_compressed.pdf (7.08 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "Pagliacci" English version by Percy Pitt.
Image Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ludovico Oliviero (Gerardo), Lawrence Tibbett (Schicchi), Charles Kullman (Rinuccio) Credit Morton
Image Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini. San Francisco Opera, 1936. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Schicchi) Credit Morton