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 1966 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Matthew Farruggio Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Zachary Solov Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Duke of Mantua Alfredo Kraus(10/13, 16, 21) Ottavio Garaventa(11/5) Borsa L. D. Clements Countess Ceprano Carol Kirkpatrick Rigoletto Peter Glossop(10/13, 16, 21) Chester Ludgin(11/5) Marullo Adib Fazah Count Ceprano David Giosso Count Monterone Clifford Grant Sparafucile Walter Kreppel(10/13, 16, 21) Federico Davià(11/5) Gilda Reri Grist(10/13, 16, 21) Lee Venora(11/5) Giovanna Donna Petersen Page Ann Graber Usher Colin Harvey Maddalena Joyce Blackham(10/13, 16, 21) Janis Martin(11/5) Show Dates Thu, Oct 13 1966, 8pm Sun, Oct 16 1966, 2pm Fri, Oct 21 1966, 8pm Sat, Nov 5 1966, 8pm Time and Place Sixteenth century; Mantua and vicinity Scenes Act I -- Hall in the Duke's Palace Act II -- Street outside Rigoletto's House Act III -- A Hall in the Duke's Palace Act IV -- A desolate inn -- Sparafucile's Home Media Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Alfredo Kraus (Duke of Mantua), Reri Grist (Gilda) Credit Mason Jones Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Peter Glossop (Rigoletto), Reri Grist (Gilda) Credit Mason Jones Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1966_10_compressed.pdf (10.32 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, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Alfredo Kraus (Duke of Mantua), Reri Grist (Gilda) Credit Mason Jones
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Peter Glossop (Rigoletto), Reri Grist (Gilda) Credit Mason Jones