The Cloak Composer Giacomo Puccini Librettist Giuseppe Adami Based On Didier Gold's La Houppelande Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Glauco Curiel Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Cast Michele, a barge owner Robert Weede Giorgetta, his wife Carla Martinis Luigi, her lover Brian Sullivan Il Tinca Virginio Assandri Il Talpa Nicola Moscona La Frugola, Talpa's wife Claramae Turner Vendor of Songs Caesar Curzi First Lover Sharon Currier Second Lover William Petersen First Voice Lydia Ring Second Voice Harold White Show Dates Fri, Oct 15 1954, 8:30am Thu, Oct 21 1954, 8pm Time and Place The Present; Banks of the Seine Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_14_compressed.pdf (8.12 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Joan of Arc at the Stake"