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 Sacramento, CA Venue Sacramento Memorial Auditorium Season 1942 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde Bidú Sayão Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Jan Peerce Giorgio Germont, his father Richard Bonelli 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 Margaret Ritter Doctor Grenvil Douglas Beattie Marquis d'Obigny Lorenzo Alvary Solo Dancer(s) Ruby Asquith Willam Christensen Show Dates Sat, Oct 10 1942, 8:30pm Time and Place About 1700; 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 The curtain time is a guess; touring records include evering but the starting times.