Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1973 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Calvin Simmons Stage Director(s) Tito Capobianco Rehearsed by Phebe Berkowitz Designer Toni Businger Costumes executed by Goldstein & Co. Chorus Director Byron Dean Ryan Cast Violetta Valéry Joan Patenaude Flora Gwendolyn Jones Marquis d'Obigny Steven Kimbrough Baron Douphol Daniel Sullivan Doctor Grenvil Carl Thomas Gastone James Atherton Alfredo Germont William Neill Annina Donna Petersen Giuseppe Gary Burgess Elder Germont Douglas Lawrence Messenger John Miller Majordomo Robert Klang Spanish dancer Rosa Montoya Nemesio Paredes Show Dates Wed, Nov 7 1973, 1:30pm Fri, Nov 9 1973, 1:30pm Tue, Nov 20 1973, 1:30pm Time and Place Paris and environs in the mid-nineenth century Scenes Act I -- Violetta's house Act II -- A villa near Paris Act III -- Flora's house Act IV -- Violetta's house Acknowledgements The production of "La Traviata" was made possible in part through a donation from the Charles E. Merrill Trust in 1969