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 1971 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario Production Paul Hager Assisted by Jacques Karpo Set Designer(s) Wolfram Skalicki Davis L. West Costumers Goldstein & Co. Chorus Director Francesco Prestia Musical Preparation Monroe Kanouse Cast Ferrando Ara Berberian Inez Gwendolyn Jones Leonora Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic Count di Luna Raymond Wolansky Manrico James King Azucena Margarita Lilova Old Gypsy Eugene Lawrence Ruiz Joe Pinedo Show Dates Mon, Nov 8 1971, 8pm Time and Place Fifteenth-century Spain Scenes Act I, Scenes 1 and 2: The Duel Scenes 3 and 4: The Gypsy INTERMISSION Act II, Scenes 1 and 2: The Gypsy's Son Scenes 3 and 4: The Execution Notes Commentator: Alexander Fried, San Francisco Examiner Music Critic