La Traviata

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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
1953
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Fausto Cleva
Stage Director(s)
Carlo Piccinato
Chorus Director
Kurt Herbert Adler
Choreography by
Willam Christensen

Cast

Violetta Valéry, a Lady of the demi-monde
Dorothy Kirsten(9/22)
Licia Albanese(10/14)
Alfredo Germont, lover of Violetta
David Poleri(9/22)
Jan Peerce(10/14)
Giorgio Germont, his father
Enzo Mascherini
Gastone, Viscount of Letorières
Alessio De Paolis
Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo
George Cehanovsky
Flora, friend of Violetta
Yvonne Chauveau
Annina, maid to Violetta
Sharon Currier
Dr. Grenvil
Desire Ligeti
Marquis d'Obigny
Jan Gbur
Majordomo
Max Lorenzini
Messenger
Colin Harvey
Giuseppe, servant of Violetta
William Bond
Solo Dancer(s)
Sally Bailey
Gordon Paxman

Show Dates

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 -- A Room in Flora's Palace
Act IV -- Violetta's Bed Chamber

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. 

The entire 1953 season was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."