The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 James McCracken 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 Tue, Oct 27 1964, 8:30pm Time and Place About 1870; village of Montalto in Calabria Scenes Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Media Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1964. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Robert Weede (Tonio) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1964_13_compressed.pdf (11.98 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Carmina Burana" San Francisco Opera Boys Chorus Madi Bacon, Director
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1964. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Robert Weede (Tonio) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones