Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Canio (Punchinello), master of the troupe Mario Del Monaco(10/1) Walter Fredericks(10/8, 15) Nedda (Columbine), his wife Jean Fenn(10/1, 15) Bidú Sayão(10/8) Tonio (Taddeo), the clown Frank Valentino(10/1, 8) Frank Guarrera(10/15) Beppe (Harlequin) Virginio Assandri(10/1, 15) Caesar Curzi(10/8) Silvio, a Villager George Cehanovsky(10/1, 8) Frank Valentino(10/15) First Villager Colin Harvey Second Villager Willis Frost Show Dates Wed, Oct 1 1952, 1pm Wed, Oct 8 1952, 1pm Wed, Oct 15 1952, 1pm Time and Place Feast of Assumption at Calabria, near Montalto Notes Part II of a double bill, with "Cavalleria Rusticana"