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 1924 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Arturo Casiglia Cast Gilda Queena Mario Giovanna Teresina Monotti Maddalena Margareta Bruntsch Contessa di Ceprano Anita Olmsted Il Duca di Mantova Beniamino Gigli Rigoletto Giuseppe De Luca Monterone Louis D'Angelo Sparafucile Francesco Seri Marullo Paolo Ananian Ceprano Albert Gillette Borsa Lodovico Oliviero Page Du Blois Ferguson Show Dates Sat, Sep 27 1924, 8:15pm Time and Place City of Mantua -- 16th century Scenes Act I -- Ballroom in the palace of the Duke of Mantua Act II -- The end of the road with house of Rigoletto to the left Act III -- Salon in the palace of the Duke Act IV -- Sparafucile's house Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1924_07_compressed.pdf (15.5 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------