The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1923 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Arturo Casiglia Cast Canio Giovanni Martinelli Tonio Giuseppe De Luca Nedda Queena Mario Silvio Alfredo Gandolfi Beppe Giordano Paltrinieri Show Dates Sat, Oct 6 1923, 2pm Time and Place Sicilian village, present time Scenes Act I -- The Entrance to a Village, where Two Roads Meet Act II -- Same as Act I Notes Part II of a double bill, with "Gianni Schicchi"