USA Premiere The Portuguese Inn Composer Luigi Cherubini Librettist Giulio Confalonieri (revision) Based On a play by E. Saint-Aignan Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Glauco Curiel Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Stage settings and costumes designed by Harry Horner Settings painted by Davis L. West Cast Rodrigo Lorenzo Alvary Donna Gabriela Rosanna Carteri Roselbo Ralph Herbert Don Carlos Caesar Curzi Pedrillo George Cehanovsky Inigo Alessio De Paolis Inès Yola Casselle Accompanist Otto Guth Show Dates Fri, Sep 24 1954, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 7 1954, 8:30pm Time and Place 17th Century Scenes An inn near the Portuguese-Spanish frontier Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_05_compressed.pdf (8.41 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE First performance: Paris, 1798. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Salome" Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet