Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1946 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Lawrence Tibbett Gilda, his daughter Lily Pons Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Jan Peerce Sparafucile, a hired assassin Lorenzo Alvary Maddalena, his sister Herta Glaz Count Monterone Desire Ligeti Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Borsa Joseph Tissier Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Elma Heitman Giovanna Lorraine Calcagno Page Kathleen Lawlor Show Dates Sun, Oct 27 1946, 2pm Time and Place Sixteenth Century; Mantua and Vicinity Scenes Act I -- Ballroom in the Duke's Palace Act II -- A Street Outside Rigoletto's House Act III -- Hall in the Duke's Palace Act IV -- Ruined Inn in a Lonely Spot -- Sparafucile's Home Notes Corps de Ballet