Composer
Librettist
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
1952
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director
Choreographer
Cast
Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke
Gilda, his daughter
Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate
Sparafucile, a hired assassin
Maddalena, his sister
Count Monterone
Count Ceprano
Borsa
Marullo
Countess Ceprano
Giovanna
Page
Show Dates
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
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.