The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1959 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Arturo Basile Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Mario Del Monaco Nedda (Columbine), his wife Dolores Mari Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Robert Weede Beppe (Harlequin) Caesar Curzi Silvio, a Villager Theodor Uppman First Farmer Eugene Green Second Farmer Robert Thomas Show Dates Wed, Oct 28 1959, 8pm Time and Place Village of Montalto in Calabria Scenes Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Carmina Burana" Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers