The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1948 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Kurt Baum Nedda (Columbine), his wife Licia Albanese Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Robert Weede Beppe (Harlequin) Leslie Chabay Silvio, a Villager George Cehanovsky First Villager Norman Benson Second Villager Caesar Curzi Show Dates Tue, Sep 28 1948, 8pm Time and Place Fest of Assumption at Calabria, near Montalto Scenes Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Media Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Robert Weede (Tonio), Licia Albanese (Nedda), Kurt Baum (Canio) Credit Strohmeyer Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Robert Weede (Tonio) Credit Strohmeyer Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Unknown Credit Strohmeyer Notes Part II of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Robert Weede (Tonio), Licia Albanese (Nedda), Kurt Baum (Canio) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Robert Weede (Tonio) Credit Strohmeyer
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1948. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Unknown Credit Strohmeyer