Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde Nadine Conner Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Charles Kullman Giorgio Germont, his father Francesco Valentino Gastone, Viscount of Letorières John Garris Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo George Cehanovsky Flora, friend of Violetta Thelma Votipka Annina, maid to Violetta Kathleen Lawlor Dr. Grenvil Lorenzo Alvary Marquis d'Obigny Walter Olitzki Majordomo Max Lorenzini Solo Dancer(s) Ruth Asquith Willam Christensen Show Dates Sun, Nov 11 1945, 2pm Time and Place About 1840; Paris and Environs Scenes Act I -- Drawing room in the house of Violetta Act II -- A Villa near Paris Act III -- Garden of Flora's Palace Act IV -- Violetta's Bed Chamber Notes Corps de Ballet