Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1954 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Karl Kritz Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Chorus Director Leo Mueller Cast Rigoletto, jester to the Duke Robert Weede(10/7, 18) Leonard Warren(10/14) Gilda, his daughter Mado Robin Duke of Mantua Giacinto Prandelli Sparafucile Nicola Moscona(10/7, 18) Lorenzo Alvary(10/14) Maddalena, his sister Rosalind Nadell Count Monterone Carl Palangi Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Countess Ceprano Ruth Roehr Borsa Virginio Assandri Marullo George Cehanovsky Giovanna Elinor Warren Page Sharon Currier Show Dates Thu, Oct 7 1954, 1pm Thu, Oct 14 1954, 1pm Mon, Oct 18 1954, 1pm 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_12_compressed.pdf (8.29 MB) Acknowledgements San Francisco Opera Guild Student Matinee Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet