Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Mario Del Monaco Nedda (Columbine), his wife Bidú Sayão Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Frank Guarrera Beppe (Harlequin) Caesar Curzi Silvio, a Villager Frank Valentino First Villager Colin Harvey Second Villager Willis Frost Show Dates Thu, Oct 30 1952, 8pm Time and Place Feast of Assumption at Calabria, near Montalto Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana" Notes The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.