The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Jon Vickers Nedda (Columbine), his wife Lucine Amara Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Robert Weede Beppe (Harlequin) Howard Fried Silvio, a Villager Louis Quilico First Farmer Eugene Green Second Farmer Robert Thomas Show Dates Sat, Sep 19 1959, 8:30pm Time and Place Village of Montalto in Calabria Scenes Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Notes Part I of a double bill, with "Carmina Burana" Members of San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus