Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play "Don Álvaro, o La Fuerza del Sino" by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1958 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Georges Sebastian Stage Director(s) Enrico Frigerio Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Eugene Loring Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Marquis of Calatrava Mark Elyn Donna Leonora Leonie Rysanek Don Carlo Robert Weede Don Alvaro Piero Miranda Ferraro Padre Guardiano Giorgio Tozzi Fra Melitone Richard Wentworth Preziosilla Cecilia Ward Curra Katherine Hilgenberg Trabuco Virginio Assandri Surgeon Colin Harvey Alcalde Harold Enns Old Woman Sybil Louise Knapp Solo Dancer(s) Tony Weber Jim Penrod Jerry Herndon Show Dates Fri, Oct 31 1958, 8pm Time and Place About the middle of the eighteenth century; Spain and Italy Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Room in the house of the Marquis of Calatrava Scene 2 -- Inn at Hornachuelos Act II -- Courtyard of the Monastery of Hornachuelos Act III, Scene 1 -- Ruins of a house near Velletri, Italy Scene 2 -- Soldiers' camp at Velletri Act IV, Scene 1 -- Cloister of the Monastery of Hornachuelos Scene 2 -- Solitary spot near the Monastery Notes Corps de Ballet Major intermission after Act II