The Love of Three Kings Composer Italo Montemezzi Librettist Sem Benelli Based On Benelli's verse tragedy Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1959 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Archibaldo, king of Altura Giorgio Tozzi Flaminio, a servant Robert Thomas Avito, former prince of Altura Giuseppe Zampieri Manfredo, Archibaldo's son Frank Guarrera Fiora, Manfredo's wife Dorothy Kirsten Young Girl Patricia Cann Youth Howard Fried Old Woman Edith Evans Maid Margot Blum Show Dates Wed, Nov 4 1959, 8pm Time and Place The Middle Ages; a remote castle in Altura forty years after a barbarian invasion. Scenes Act I -- Hall in the castle of Archibaldo Act II -- Terrace high on the castle walls Act III -- Chapel crypt of the castle Notes Major intermission after Act I Patricia Cann was noted in the program as a winnerof the 1959 San Francisco Opera Debut Auditions