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 Civic Auditorium Season 1923 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Arturo Casiglia Ballet Master Natale Carosio Cast Duca di Mantua Beniamino Gigli Rigoletto Giuseppe De Luca Sparafucile Adamo Didur Monterone Louis D'Angelo Marullo Paolo Ananian Conte di Ceprano Albert Gillette Borsa Giordano Paltrinieri Gilda Queena Mario Maddalena Doria Fernanda Giovanna Teresina Monotti Contessa di Ceprano Anita Olmsted Un Paggio (a page) Du Blois Ferguson Show Dates Mon, Oct 8 1923, 8pm Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Act I -- The Ballroom in the Palace of the Duke Act II -- The House of Rigoletto Act III -- A Room in the Duke's Palace Act IV -- The House of Sparafucile