The Jest Composer Umberto Giordano Librettist Sem Benelli Based On adapted from Sem Benelli's 1909 play of the same name Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Dreamland Auditorium Season 1928 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimini Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Ginevra Elda Vettori Lisabetta Myrtle Donnelly Neri Lawrence Tibbett Giannetto Malespini Armand Tokatyan Gabriello Angelo Bada Tornaquinci Louis D'Angelo Fazio Millo Picco Il Trinca Lodovico Oliviero Il Dottore Austin W. Sperry Il Calandra Paul Guenter Lapo Adolfo Dini Laldomine May Taylor Elliott Fiammetta Eleanor Stadtegger Cintia Fedela Forno Singer Attilio Vannucci Show Dates Mon, Sep 17 1928, 8:15pm Time and Place Florence Scenes Act I -- Supper Table in the Dining Room of Tornaquinci Act II -- Ginevra's Boudoir in the Home of Neri Act III -- Subterranean Dungeon in the Medici Palace Act IV -- Same as Act II