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 Jose, CA Venue San Jose Civic Auditorium Season 1947 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Lawrence Tibbett Gilda, his daughter Nadine Conner Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Jan Peerce Sparafucile, a hired assassin Virgilio Lazzari Maddalena, his sister Claramae Turner Count Monterone Desire Ligeti Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Borsa Leslie Chabay Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Elma Heitman Giovanna Thelma Votipka Page Kathleen Lawlor Show Dates Sat, Sep 20 1947, 8pm Time and Place Mantua and Vicinity in the Sixteenth Century 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 Ruined Inn in a Lonely Spot -- Sparafucile's Home. Notes Presented by the San Jose Opera Guild; listed as "first season." Affiliated with the San Francisco Opera Guild. Corps de Ballet Credit on the cast page: Denny-Watrous Management, San Jose The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but the starting time.