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Rigoletto (San Jose)

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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
Stage Director(s)
Chorus Director

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
Countess Ceprano
Giovanna

Show Dates

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.