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 1933 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Choreographer Adolph Bolm Cast Violetta Valéry, a courtesan Claudia Muzio Flora, friend of Violetta Querita Eybel Annina, confidante of Violetta Myrtle McLaughlin Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Dino Borgioli Giorgio Germont, his father Lawrence Tibbett Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Ludovico Oliviero Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo Alfredo Gandolfi Doctor Grenvil Louis D'Angelo Marquis d'Obigny George Eldredge Giuseppe, a servant Amerigo Frediani Majordomo Evaristo Alibertini Pas de trois dancer Elise Reiman Dimitri Romanoff Nico Charisse Show Dates Fri, Nov 24 1933, 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, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Alfredo Gandolfi (Baron Duphol) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont), Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Pere Germont), Dino Borgioli (Alfredo) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont), Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1933_11_compressed.pdf (2.93 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Alfredo Gandolfi (Baron Duphol) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont), Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Pere Germont), Dino Borgioli (Alfredo) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Dino Borgioli (Alfredo), Claudia Muzio (Violetta), Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont), Claudia Muzio (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1933. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lawrence Tibbett (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton