Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettists Salvadore Cammarano and Leone Emanuele Bardare Based On the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Sacramento, CA Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Season 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Dick Marzollo Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Leonora, a noble lady of Aragon Sara Menkes Manrico, a young chieftain Jussi Bjoerling Azucena, a wandering Biscayan Gypsy Cloe Elmo Count di Luna, a young noble of Aragon Leonard Warren Ferrando, a guard captain of Count di Luna Nicola Moscona Inez, attendant to Leonora Eileen Baldwin Ruiz, a soldier in Manrico's service Leslie Chabay Old Gypsy Norman Benson Show Dates Sat, Oct 9 1948, 8pm Time and Place Middle of the Fifteenth Century; Biscay and Aragon Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Vestibule in Aliaferia Palace Scene 2 -- The Garden of the Palace Act II, Scene 1 -- Gypsy Camp in the Biscay Mountains Scene 2 -- The Cloister of a Convent Act III. Scene 1 -- Encampment of Count di Luna's Soldiers Scene 2 -- Room in Manrico's Castle Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside the Tower, Aliaferia Palace Scene 2 -- Prison Cell of Manrico Notes The curtain time is a guess; it's the only detail not provided for posterity.