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 1934 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Choreographer Adolph Bolm Cast Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde Lucrezia Bori Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Richard Crooks Giorgio Germont, his father Richard Bonelli Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Marek Windheim Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo Alfredo Gandolfi Flora, friend of Violetta Flossita Badger Annina, maid to Violetta Myrtle McLaughlin Doctor Grenvil Angelo Rossini Marquis d'Obigny Jack Howell Giuseppe, a servant Amerigo Frediani Majordomo Evaristo Alibertini Pas de trois dancer Frances Giugni Dimitri Romanoff Allan Cooke Show Dates Wed, Nov 28 1934, 8:15pm 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 -- Salon in Flora's palace Act IV -- Violetta's apartment Media Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Alfredo Gandolfi (Baron Duphol) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Crooks (Alfredo), Richard Bonelli (Pere Germont) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Choristers Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Myrtle McLaughlin (Annina) Credit Morton Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Crooks (Alfredo), Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Jack Howell (Marquis) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1934_12_compressed.pdf (3.25 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Alfredo Gandolfi (Baron Duphol) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Richard Bonelli (Giorgio Germont) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Crooks (Alfredo), Richard Bonelli (Pere Germont) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Choristers Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Myrtle McLaughlin (Annina) Credit Morton
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1934. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Crooks (Alfredo), Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Jack Howell (Marquis) Credit Morton