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 1961 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Silvio Varviso Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Lew Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Duke of Mantua Renato Cioni Giuseppe Zampieri(11/18) Borsa Raymond Nilsson Countess Ceprano Margot Blum Rigoletto Ettore Bastianini Cornell MacNeil(11/18) Marullo Donald Drain Count Ceprano Gino Leonetti Andrew Foldi(11/18) Count Monterone Joshua Hecht Gino Leonetti(11/18) Sparafucile Plinio Clabassi Joshua Hecht(11/18) Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto Eva Likova Mary Costa(11/18) Giovanna, her nurse Janis Martin Page Gwen Curatilo Maddalena, Sparafucile's sister Mildred Miller Margarethe Bence(11/18) Show Dates Mon, Nov 6 1961, 8pm Sat, Nov 18 1961, 8pm Time and Place Sixteenth century; Mantua and vicinity Scenes Act I -- Ballroom in the Duke's palace Act II -- 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