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 1935 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Antonio Dell'Orefice Incidental Dance, Act I, arranged by Adolph Bolm Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Richard Bonelli Gilda, his daughter Emily Hardy Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Tito Schipa Sparafucile, a hired assassin Ezio Pinza Maddalena, his sister Eva Gruninger Count Monterone Douglas Beattie Count Ceprano Evaristo Alibertini Borsa Angelo Rossini Marullo John Howell Countess Ceprano Jeannette Sholl Giovanna Olga Callahan Page Rubsie Giragossiantz Show Dates Fri, Nov 29 1935, 8pm 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 -- Ruined Inn in a Lonely Spot -- Sparafucile's House Media Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Douglas Beattie (Monterone) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Douglas Beattie (Monterone) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Gilda) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Gilda), Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Sparafucile), Eva Gruninger (Maddelena), Tito Schipa (Duke of Mantua) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto), Emily Hardy (Gilda) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Duke of Mantua) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Duke of Mantua) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Gilda), Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1935_09_compressed.pdf (7.41 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Douglas Beattie (Monterone) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Douglas Beattie (Monterone) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Gilda) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Gilda), Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Ezio Pinza (Sparafucile), Eva Gruninger (Maddelena), Tito Schipa (Duke of Mantua) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto), Emily Hardy (Gilda) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Duke of Mantua) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Tito Schipa (Duke of Mantua) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Emily Hardy (Gilda), Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Morton