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 Portland, OR Venue Portland Auditorium Season 1946 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 Licia Albanese Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Charles Kullman Giorgio Germont, his father Francesco Valentino Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Alessio De Paolis Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo George Cehanovsky Flora, friend of Violetta Thelma Votipka Annina, maid to Violetta Kathleen Lawlor Dr. Grenvil Desire Ligeti Marquis d'Obigny Walter Olitzki Majordomo Max Lorenzini Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Peter Nelson Show Dates Sun, Sep 8 1946, 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