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 1937 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master William Tyroler Choreography by Mildred Hirsch Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Richard Bonelli Gilda, his daughter Josephine Tumminia Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Charles Kullman Sparafucile, a hired assassin Norman Cordon Maddalena, his sister Dorothy Cornish Count Monterone Henri Shefoff Count Ceprano Evaristo Alibertini Borsa Ludovico Oliviero Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Edith Wishart Walther Giovanna Elizabeth Hackett Page Jayne Cozzens Show Dates Sat, Nov 6 1937, 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 Home Media Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Eenero Paop (Conductor) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Henri Shefoff (Monterone) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Henri Shefoff (Monterone) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1937_11_compressed.pdf (7.54 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Eenero Paop (Conductor) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Henri Shefoff (Monterone) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Henri Shefoff (Monterone) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1937. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Bonelli (Rigoletto) Credit Morton