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 1958 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Fournet Stage Director(s) Enrico Frigerio Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Eugene Loring Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Rigoletto, jester to the Duke Robert Weede Gilda, his daughter Leyla Gencer Duke of Mantua Jussi Bjoerling Sparafucile Lorenzo Alvary Maddalena, his sister Cecilia Ward Count Monterone Mark Elyn Count Ceprano John Gillaspy Countess Ceprano Margot Blum Borsa Virginio Assandri Marullo Harold Enns Giovanna Katherine Hilgenberg Page Joan Marie Moynagh Show Dates Sat, Nov 8 1958, 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 -- Hall in the Duke's palace Act IV -- A desolate inn -- Sparafucile's home Notes Corps de Ballet Major intermission after Act II