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 San Diego, CA Venue San Diego Fox Theatre 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 Giuseppe Zampieri Borsa Raymond Nilsson Countess Ceprano Margot Blum Rigoletto Cornell MacNeil Marullo Donald Drain Count Ceprano Andrew Foldi Count Monterone Joshua Hecht Sparafucile Plinio Clabassi Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto Mary Costa Giovanna, her nurse Janis Martin Page Gwen Curatilo Maddalena, Sparafucile's sister Mildred Miller Show Dates Thu, Nov 16 1961, 8:30pm 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