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 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola(9/30) Pietro Cimara(10/17) Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde Licia Albanese Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta Charles Kullman Giorgio Germont, his father Francesco Valentino Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Alessio De Paolis Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo George Cehanovsky Flora, friend of Violetta Anita Ragusa Annina, maid to Violetta Kathleen Lawlor Dr. Grenvil Charles Goodwin Marquis d'Obigny Walter Olitzki Majordomo Max Lorenzini Solo Dancer(s) Ruth Asquith Willam Christensen Show Dates Sun, Sep 30 1945, 2:15pm Wed, Oct 17 1945, 8:15pm Broadcast Sun, Sep 30 1945 Live radio broadcast, partial performance. Time and Place About 1840; 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 Media Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Violetta) Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1945_15_compressed.pdf (8.18 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- 9/30/1945, live radio broadcast, partial performance, from 4 to approximately 5 p.m. Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image La Traviata, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1945. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Violetta) Credit Strohmeyer