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 1960 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Hans Georg Schaefer Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Musical Preparation Otto Guth Marcel Frank Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Gianni Schicchi Geraint Evans Lauretta, his daughter Sylvia Stahlman La Vecchia, Buoso's cousin Marilyn Horne(10/18) Katherine Hilgenberg(10/25, 26) Rinuccio, her nephew Ticho Parly Gherardo, Buoso's nephew Raymond Manton Nella, his wife Frances McCann Gherardino, their son James Strubing Betto, cousin to Buoso Richard Wentworth Simone, cousin to Buoso Lorenzo Alvary Marco, his son Ned Romero La Ciesca, Marco's wife Janis Martin Spinelloccio, a physician Andrew Foldi Amantio di Nicolao, a notary Robert Anderson Pinellino, a shoemaker Colin Harvey Guccio, a dyer James Standard Show Dates Tue, Oct 18 1960, 2pm Tue, Oct 25 1960, 2pm Wed, Oct 26 1960, 2pm Time and Place The bed-chamber of Buoso Donati in Florence, Italy, in 1299. Acknowledgements San Francisco Opera Guild Student Matinee Notes Part I of a double bill, with "Con Amore" Translation by Percy Pitt