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 1945 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Ivan Petroff Gilda, his daughter Lily Pons Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Jan Peerce Sparafucile, a hired assassin Lorenzo Alvary Maddalena, his sister Herta Glaz Count Monterone Robert Mills Count Ceprano Robin Nelson Borsa Alessio De Paolis Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Lorraine Calcagno Giovanna Anita Ragusa Page Kathleen Lawlor Show Dates Fri, Oct 26 1945, 8:15am Broadcast Fri, Oct 26 1945 Live radio broadcast, partial performance. 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 Notes 10/26/1945, live radio broadcast, partial performance, 10:00 to approximately 11:25 p.m. Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet