The Love of Three Kings Composer Italo Montemezzi Librettist Sem Benelli Based On Benelli's verse tragedy Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1966 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Archibaldo Nicola Ghiuselev Flaminio David Thaw Avito Giuseppe Campora Fiora Dorothy Kirsten Manfredo Raymond Wolansky Handmaiden Carol Kirkpatrick Young Girl Delcina Stevenson Youth L. D. Clements Old Woman Dorothy Cole Show Dates Tue, Oct 4 1966, 8:30pm Fri, Oct 7 1966, 8pm Sat, Oct 15 1966, 8pm Time and Place A remote castle in Altura during the Middle Ages, forty years after a barbarian invasion Scenes Act I -- A hall in the castle Act II -- A terrace high on the castle walls Act III -- The chapel crypt of the castle Media Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora) Credit Mason Jones Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Nicola Ghiuselev (Archibaldo), Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora) Credit Mason Jones Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Wolansky (Manfredo), Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora) Credit Mason Jones Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora), Giuseppe Campora (Avito) Credit Mason Jones
Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora) Credit Mason Jones
Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Nicola Ghiuselev (Archibaldo), Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora) Credit Mason Jones
Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Raymond Wolansky (Manfredo), Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora) Credit Mason Jones
Image L'Amore dei Tre Re, Italo Montemezzi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Dorothy Kirsten (Fiora), Giuseppe Campora (Avito) Credit Mason Jones