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 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Willam Christensen Cast Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde Dorothy Kirsten Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Jan Peerce Giorgio Germont, his father Giuseppe Valdengo Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Alessio De Paolis Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo George Cehanovsky Flora, friend of Violetta Martina Zubiri Annina, maid to Violetta Kathleen Lawlor Dr. Grenvil Desire Ligeti Marquis d'Obigny Walter Olitzki Majordomo Max Lorenzini Solo Dancer(s) Ruby Asquith Peter Nelson Show Dates Fri, Oct 22 1948, 8pm 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 -- Ballroom of Flora's Palace Act IV -- Violetta's Bed Chamber Notes Corps de Ballet