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 1946 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 Lawrence Tibbett Gilda, his daughter Lily Pons Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Jan Peerce Sparafucile, a hired assassin Lorenzo Alvary Maddalena, his sister Eleanor Knapp Count Monterone Desire Ligeti Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Borsa Joseph Tissier Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Elma Heitman Giovanna Lorraine Calcagno Page Kathleen Lawlor Show Dates Sat, Oct 19 1946, 8pm Broadcast Sat, Oct 19 1946, 7am Live radio broadcast, full 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1946_14_compressed.pdf (14.74 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------10/19/1946, live radio broadcast, full performance, sponsored by Safeway Stores Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet