Composer Gaetano Donizetti Librettist Salvadore Cammarano Based On the novel "The Bride of Lammermoor" by Sir Walter Scott Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1949 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Lord Henry Ashton of Lammermoor Francesco Valentino Lucy (Lucia), his sister Lily Pons Edgar, Master at Ravenswood Ferruccio Tagliavini Lord Arthur Bucklaw Leslie Chabay Raymond, Chaplain of Lammermoor Desire Ligeti Alice, companion to Lucy Martina Zubiri Norman, follower of Lord Ashton Caesar Curzi Show Dates Thu, Nov 3 1949, 8pm Time and Place Scotland at the Close of the Sixteenth Century Scenes Act I -- Garden of the Castle of Lammermoor Act II, Scene 1 -- Anteroom to Hall of the Castle Scene 2 -- Great Hall of the Castle Act III, Scene 1 -- Same as Act II, Scene 2 Scene 2 -- Tombs at Ravenswood Notes Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet