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 1949 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola 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 Mihaly Szekely Maddalena, his sister Herta Glaz Count Monterone Desire Ligeti Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Borsa Alessio De Paolis Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Mary Jane Gray Giovanna Eileen Baldwin Page Martina Zubiri Show Dates Wed, Oct 26 1949, 8pm 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 -- A Hall in the Duke's Palace Act IV -- Ruined Inn in a Lonely Spot -- Sparafucile's Home Document SFO_PUB_01_TOUR_1949_09_compressed.pdf (9.73 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Incidental Dances by Corps de Ballet