Rigoletto

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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
1954
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Fausto Cleva(9/17)
Karl Kritz(9/26)
Stage Director(s)
Carlo Piccinato
Chorus Director
Leo Mueller

Cast

Rigoletto, jester to the Duke
Leonard Warren
Gilda, his daughter
Mado Robin
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
Carl Palangi
Count Ceprano
Colin Harvey
Countess Ceprano
Marilynn Hall(9/17)
Ruth Roehr(9/26)
Borsa
Alessio De Paolis
Marullo
George Cehanovsky
Giovanna
Elinor Warren
Page
Sharon Currier

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

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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"Rigoletto" opened San Francisco Opera's 1954 season 

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