Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei Based On the play by William Shakespeare Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1955 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Fausto Cleva Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Settings, lighting and projections Leo Kerz Chorus Director Leo Mueller Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Macbeth Robert Weede Banco (Banquo) Giorgio Tozzi Lady Macbeth, wife of Macbeth Inge Borkh Lady-in-waiting to Lady Macbeth Ruth Roehr Macduff, noble gentleman of Fife Walter Fredericks Malcolm, son of King Duncan Virginio Assandri Medic Carl Palangi Servant of Macbeth Winther Andersen Hired Assassin Heinz Blankenburg Herald Albert Turner First Apparition Pierce Murphy Second Apparition Yvonne Gotelli Third Apparition Robert Moore Show Dates Tue, Nov 1 1955, 8pm Time and Place Scotland, 11th century Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Battlefield Scene 2 -- Macbeth's Castle Act II, Scene 1 -- A Room in the Castle Scene 2 -- A Park near Macbeth's Castle Scene 3 -- Banquet Room in Macbeth's Castle Act III, Scene 1 -- A Dark Cavern Scene 2 -- A lonely region on the Scottish-English border Scene 3 -- A room in Macbeth's Castle Scene 4 -- Another room in Macbeth's Castle Battle and Finale Sponsors The Projection Equipment is donated by the San Francisco Opera Guild Notes Corps de Ballet