Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettists Salvadore Cammarano and Leone Emanuele Bardare Based On the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Dreamland Auditorium Season 1929 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Leonora, Noble Lady of Court of an Aragon Princess Elisabeth Rethberg Azucena, a wandering Biscayan Gypsy Kathryn Meisle Inez, attendant to Leonora Hilda Romain Manrico, young chieftain under the Prince of Biscay Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Count di Luna, powerful noble of Prince of Aragon Giuseppe Danise Ferrando, Captain of the Guard, under di Luna Leon Rothier Ruiz, a soldier in Manrico's service Ludovico Oliviero Gypsy Evaristo Alibertini Show Dates Mon, Sep 16 1929, 8pm Time and Place Biscay and Aragon; Middle of Fifteenth Century Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Vestibule in Aliaferia Palace Scene 2 -- Garden of the Palace Act II, Scene 1 -- Gypsy Camp in Biscay Mountains Scene 2 -- A Convent Cloister Act III, Scene 1 -- Encampment of di Luna's soldiers Scene 2 -- Room in Manrico's Castle Act IV, Scene 1 -- Outside of Aliaferia Palace Scene 2 -- Prison Cell of Manrico Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1929_13_compressed.pdf (7.56 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------