The Clowns Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location San Diego, CA Venue San Diego Fox Theatre Season 1962 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Oliviero De Fabritiis Staged by Tito Capobianco Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Tonio (Taddeo), an actor Geraint Evans Canio (Pagliaccio), head of a troupe of players Sandor Konya Nedda (Columbine), his wife Wilma Lipp Beppe (Harlequin), an actor Raymond Manton First Farmer Richard Riffel Second Farmer Donald Drain Silvio, a villager and Nedda's lover Russell Christopher Show Dates Thu, Nov 15 1962, 8pm Time and Place 1865; Montalto, province of Calabria, Italy Legacy Commission Part I of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana" Notes San Francisco Opera Boys Choristers Madi Bacon, Director Intermission after "Pagliacci"