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
1961
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Silvio Varviso
Stage Director(s)
Dino Yannopoulos
Chorus Director
Vincenzo Giannini
Choreographer
Lew Christensen
Costumers
Goldstein & Co.

Cast

Duke of Mantua
Renato Cioni(9/30)
Giuseppe Zampieri(10/18)
Borsa
Raymond Nilsson
Countess Ceprano
Margot Blum
Rigoletto
Cornell MacNeil(9/30)
Ettore Bastianini(10/18)
Marullo
Donald Drain
Count Ceprano
Gino Leonetti
Count Monterone
Joshua Hecht
Sparafucile
Plinio Clabassi
Gilda, daughter of Rigoletto
Mary Costa
Giovanna, her nurse
Janis Martin
Page
Gwen Curatilo
Maddalena, Sparafucile's sister
Margarethe Bence(9/30)
Mildred Miller(10/18)

Show Dates

Time and Place

Sixteenth century; Mantua and vicinity

Scenes

Act I -- Ballroom in the Duke's palace
Act II -- 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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