The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1955 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Ernesto Barbini Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Leo Mueller Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Roberto Turrini Nedda (Columbine), his wife Licia Albanese Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Leonard Warren Beppe (Harlequin) Virginio Assandri Silvio, a Villager Heinz Blankenburg First Villager Raymond Hammons Second Villager Douglas Mayock Show Dates Sun, Oct 30 1955, 3pm Time and Place Late 1860s. Feast of the Assumption in the village of Montalto, in Calabria Scenes PROLOGUE Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Le Coq d'Or"