Composer
Librettist
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
1953
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreography by
Cast
Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde
Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta
Giorgio Germont, his father
Gastone, Viscount of Letorières
Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo
Flora, friend of Violetta
Annina, maid to Violetta
Dr. Grenvil
Marquis d'Obigny
Majordomo
Messenger
Giuseppe, servant of Violetta
Solo Dancer(s)
Show Dates
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 -- A Room in Flora's Palace
Act IV -- Violetta's Bed Chamber
Notes
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.