The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Pasadena, CA Venue Pasadena Civic Auditorium Season 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Raoul Jobin Nedda (Columbine), his wife Nadine Conner Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Francesco Valentino Beppe (Harlequin) John Garris Silvio, a Villager Mack Harrell First Villager George Tallone Second Villager W. Vernon Sanders Show Dates Tue, Nov 6 1945, 8pm Time and Place Feast of Assumption at Calabria, near Montalto Scenes Act I -- Afternoon Act II -- Evening Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana" Notes Live radio broadcast, October 7, from 4 to approximately 5 p.m.