The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1955 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Ernesto Barbini Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Leo Mueller Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Roberto Turrini Nedda (Columbine), his wife Licia Albanese Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Leonard Warren(10/11) Robert Weede(10/15) Beppe (Harlequin) Virginio Assandri Silvio, a Villager Cornell MacNeil(10/11) Heinz Blankenburg(10/15) First Villager Raymond Hammons Second Villager Douglas Mayock Show Dates Tue, Oct 11 1955, 8pm Sat, Oct 15 1955, 8pm Time and Place Late 1860s. Feast of the Assumption in the village of Montalto, in Calabria Scenes PROLOGUE Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Media Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Heinz Blankenburg (Silvio) Credit Unknown Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Nedda) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1955_11_compressed.pdf (9.64 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "Le Coq d'Or"
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Heinz Blankenburg (Silvio) Credit Unknown
Image Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo. San Francisco Opera, 1955. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Licia Albanese (Nedda) Credit Unknown