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 1950 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Richard Karp Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Technical Director Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Enzo Mascherini Gilda, his daughter Lily Pons Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Giuseppe di Stefano Sparafucile, a hired assassin Desire Ligeti Maddalena, his sister Herta Glaz Count Monterone John Ford Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Borsa Alessio De Paolis Marullo Demy Trevor Countess Ceprano Yvonne Chauveau Giovanna Eileen Baldwin Page Sherrill Lanyon Show Dates Sun, Nov 12 1950, 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 -- A Hall in the Duke's Palace Act IV -- Ruined Inn in a Lonely Spot -- Sparafucile's Home Notes Corps de Ballet