Composer
Librettist
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
1954
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Rigoletto, jester to the Duke
Gilda, his daughter
Duke of Mantua
Richard Tucker(9/17)
Brian Sullivan(9/26)
Sparafucile
Nicola Moscona(9/17)
Desire Ligeti(9/26)
Maddalena, his sister
Claramae Turner(9/17)
Rosalind Nadell(9/26)
Count Monterone
Count Ceprano
Countess Ceprano
Marilynn Hall(9/17)
Ruth Roehr(9/26)
Borsa
Marullo
Giovanna
Page
Show Dates
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 -- A Desolate Inn -- Sparafucile's Home
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_11_compressed.pdf
(8.35 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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"Rigoletto" opened San Francisco Opera's 1954 season