The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1964 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Lotfi Mansouri Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Jon Vickers Nedda (Columbine), his wife Mary Costa Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Robert Weede Beppe (Harlequin) André Montal Silvio, a Villager Raymond Wolansky First Villager Roy Glover Second Villager David Giosso Show Dates Sat, Nov 28 1964, 8pm Time and Place About 1870; village of Montalto in Calabria Scenes Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Legacy Commission Pari I of a double bill, with "Carmina Burana" Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director