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 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Henry Lewis Stage Director(s) Irving Guttman Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Cast Flora Bervoix, Violetta's friend Jacqueline Langee Marquis d'Obigny John Robert Dunlap Doctor Grenvil Walter Matthes Baron Douphol Donald Drain Violetta Valéry, a courtesan Elisabeth Carron Gastone, Viscount of Letorières Nathaniel Lopez Alfredo Germont, Violetta's lover Raymond Manton Annina, maid to Violetta Donna Petersen Giorgio Germont, Alfredo's father Philip Maero Messenger Winther Andersen Giuseppe William Fairley Flora's Majordomo Colin Harvey Show Dates Fri, May 25 1962, 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 house Act IV -- Violetta's bed chamber Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco