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 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Production design Leni Bauer-Ecsy Ming Cho Lee(resident designer) Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Cast Norman, follower of Lord Ashton Howard Fried Lord Henry Ashton of Lammermoor Vladimir Ruzdak Raymond Bidebent, Lucy's tutor Plinio Clabassi Lucy, Lord Henry's sister Joan Sutherland Alice, Lucy's companion Dorothy Cole Lord Edgar of Ravenswood Renato Cioni Lord Arthur Bucklaw Herbert Handt Show Dates Sun, Oct 29 1961, 3pm Sat, Nov 4 1961, 8pm Time and Place Scotland at the close of the sixteenth century Scenes Act I, The Departure: Scene 1 -- Grounds of Ravenswood castle Scene 2 -- A secluded place in the park Act II, The Marriage Contract: Scene 1 -- Lord Ashton's apartment Scene 2 -- Hall in Ravenswood castle Act III, The Destruction: Scene 1 -- Tower of Wolfcrag Scene 2 -- Hall in Ravenswood castle Scene 3 -- Graveyard of Edgar's ancestors Notes New production Costumes courtesy of the Wuerttembergische Staatstheater, Stuttgart, Germany Designer, Leni Bauer-Ecsy Corps de Ballet