The Spanish Hour Composer Maurice Ravel Librettist Franc-Nohain Based On the novel by Franc-Nohain Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1963 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Jan Popper Stage Director(s) Bliss Hebert Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Concepción Lee Venora Torquemada Nathaniel Lopez Ramiro Richard Fredricks Gonzalve Charles Bressler Don Inigo Herbert Beattie Show Dates Tue, Jun 4 1963, 8pm Time and Place Early nineteenth century in Toledo Scenes The clock shop of Torquemada Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco Part I of a double bill with "Bluebeard's Castle"