The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Tonio (Taddeo), an actor Ettore Bastianini Geraint Evans(11/17) Canio (Pagliaccio), head of a troupe of players Mario Del Monaco Sandor Konya(11/17) Nedda (Columbine), his wife Wilma Lipp Beppe (Harlequin), an actor Raymond Manton First Farmer Richard Riffel Second Farmer Donald Drain Silvio, a villager and Nedda's lover Russell Christopher Show Dates Wed, Oct 31 1962, 8pm Sat, Nov 17 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1865; Montalto, province of Calabria, Italy Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana" Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director Intermission after "Pagliacci"