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 1951 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreography by Lew Christensen Cast Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde Lily Pons Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Jan Peerce Giorgio Germont, his father Robert Weede Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Alessio De Paolis Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo George Cehanovsky Flora, friend of Violetta Yvonne Chauveau Annina, maid to Violetta Eileen Baldwin Dr. Grenvil Desire Ligeti Marquis d'Obigny Yi-Kwei Sze Majordomo Max Lorenzini Solo Dancer(s) Joan Vickers Aaron Girard Show Dates Tue, Oct 23 1951, 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 -- Garden of Flora's Palace Act IV -- Violetta's Bed Chamber Notes Corps de Ballet Miss Pons's costumes (for "La Traviata") by Karinska, designed by Eugene Berman