The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Canio (Pagliaccio), head of a troupe of players Mario Del Monaco Nedda (Columbine), his wife Marilyn Horne(10/13) Wilma Lipp(10/24) 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 Sat, Oct 13 1962, 8pm Wed, Oct 24 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1865; Montalto, province of Calabria, Italy Media Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Marilyn Horne (Nedda) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Mario Del Monaco (Canio), Marilyn Horne (Nedda) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_11_compressed.pdf (10.27 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana" San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director Intermission after "Pagliacci"
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Marilyn Horne (Nedda) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Mario Del Monaco (Canio), Marilyn Horne (Nedda) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones