Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Henry Lewis Stage Director(s) Irving Guttman Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Michael Smuin Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Flora Bervoix, Violetta's friend Janis Martin Marquis d'Obigny Henry McGuckin Dr. Grenvil David Giosso Baron Douphol, a rival of Alfredo Donald Drain Violetta Valéry, a courtesan Mary Gray Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Robert Schmorr Alfredo Germont Richard Verreau Annina, maid to Violetta Donna Petersen Giorgio Germont, Alfredo's father Benjamin Rayson Messenger Winther Andersen Flora's Majordomo Colin Harvey Solo Dancer(s) Jocelyn Vollmar Roderick Drew Show Dates Sat, May 13 1961, 8pm Time and Place 1860; 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 Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco