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 1941 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gennaro Papi Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Lawrence Tibbett Gilda, his daughter Lily Pons Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Jan Peerce Sparafucile, a hired assassin Lorenzo Alvary Maddalena, his sister Irra Petina Count Monterone Jerome Hines Count Ceprano Edward Wellman Borsa Anthony Marlowe Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Mary Helen Markham Giovanna Thelma Votipka Page Kathleen Lawlor Show Dates Sun, Oct 19 1941, 2:15pm 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, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Anthony Marlowe (Borsa), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Anthony Marlowe (Borsa) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Maddelena), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Maddlena), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua), Lawrence Tibbet (Rigoletto) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua), Lily Pons (Gilda) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jerome Hines (Montorone) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Sparafucile), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kathleen Lawler (Page), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto), Ensemble Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Gilda), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto), Ensemble Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Gilda), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto) Credit Morton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Edward Wellman (Count Ceprano), George Cehanovsky (Marullo), Anthony Marlowe (Borsa), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua), Ensemble Credit Morton Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Anthony Marlowe (Borsa), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Anthony Marlowe (Borsa) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Maddelena), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irra Petina (Maddlena), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua), Lawrence Tibbet (Rigoletto) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua), Lily Pons (Gilda) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Jerome Hines (Montorone) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Sparafucile), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kathleen Lawler (Page), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Gilda), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto), Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lily Pons (Gilda), Lawrence Tibbett (Rigoletto) Credit Morton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1941. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Edward Wellman (Count Ceprano), George Cehanovsky (Marullo), Anthony Marlowe (Borsa), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua), Ensemble Credit Morton