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 1929 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Duke of Mantua Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Rigoletto, his jester Giuseppe De Luca Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto Queena Mario Sparafucile, a hired assassin Leon Rothier Maddalena, his sister Eva Atkinson Giovanna, Gilda's maid Edna Elizabeth Smith Count Monterone, A Noble of Dukedom of Mantua Louis D'Angelo Marullo, a cavalier Millo Picco Borsa, a domestic of the Duke's Lodovico Oliviero Count Ceprano, a Noble of Dukedom of Mantua Austin W. Sperry Countess Ceprano Lola Perdue Page Maudelene Smith Incidental Dance Serge Oukrainsky/Corps de Ballet Show Dates Thu, Sep 12 1929, 8:15pm Time and Place Mantua and Vicinity, Sixteenth Century Scenes Act I -- Ballroom in the Duke's Palace Act II -- Outside of Rigoletto's Home Act III -- A Hall in the Duke's Palace Act IV -- Sparafucile's Inn at a lonely spot Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1929_12_compressed.pdf (7.56 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Season opener.