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 1952 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Pietro Cimara Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Rigoletto, a hunchback, jester to the Duke Giuseppe Valdengo Gilda, his daughter Lily Pons Duke of Mantua, a titled profligate Jan Peerce Sparafucile, a hired assassin Nicola Moscona Maddalena, his sister Claramae Turner Count Monterone Jan Gbur Count Ceprano Colin Harvey Borsa Alessio De Paolis Marullo George Cehanovsky Countess Ceprano Yvonne Chauveau Giovanna Eileen Baldwin Page Catherine Brubaker Show Dates Wed, Sep 17 1952, 8:15pm 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, 1952. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Armando Agnini (Director), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1952_12_compressed.pdf (6.76 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, 1952. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Armando Agnini (Director), Jan Peerce (Duke of Mantua) Credit Unknown