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 1932 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Violetta Valéry, a courtesan Claudia Muzio Flora, friend of Violetta Katerina Malova Annina, confidante of Violetta Myrtle McLaughlin Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Dino Borgioli Giorgio Germont, his father Richard Bonelli Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Marek Windheim Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo Marsden Argall Doctor Grenvil Louis D'Angelo Marquis d'Obigny Evaristo Alibertini Solo Dancer(s) Betty Noyes Show Dates Tue, Nov 1 1932, 8:15pm Time and Place Paris and environs, about 1700 Scenes Act I -- Drawing-room in the house of Violetta Act II -- A Villa near Paris Act III -- Salon in Flora's palace Act IV -- Violetta's apartment Media Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Act I Chorus Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Katerina Malova (Flora), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont), Gaetano Merola, Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Armando Agnini, Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), unknown chorister, Marsden Argall (Baron Douphol) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1932_10_compressed.pdf (4.12 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Act I Chorus Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Katerina Malova (Flora), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont), Gaetano Merola, Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Armando Agnini, Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), unknown chorister, Marsden Argall (Baron Douphol) Credit Morton