Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1968 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Anton Coppola Stage Director(s) Ghita Hager Choreographer Mattlyn Gavers Chorus Director Dietrich Erbelding Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Duke of Mantua Harry Theyard Borsa James Eitze Countess Ceprano Giovanna Szymkun Rigoletto Seymour Schwartzman Marullo Allan Monk Count Ceprano Richard Malone Count Monterone Richard J. Clark Sparafucile Richard Mundt Gilda Anne Elgar Giovanna Nina Hinson Page Brooke Aird Usher Colin Harvey Maddalena Corinne Curry Show Dates Tue, Apr 30 1968, 8pm Fri, May 3 1968, 8pm Time and Place Sixteenth century; Mantua and vicinity Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Hall in the Duke's palace Scene 2 -- Street outside Rigoletto's house Act II -- Hall in the Duke's palace Act III -- A desolate inn -- Sparafucile's home Media Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Seymour Schwartzman (Rigoletto) Credit Norton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Seymour Schwartzman (Rigoletto) Credit Norton Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Anne Elgar (Gilda), Seymour Schwartzman (Rigoletto) Credit Norton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Seymour Schwartzman (Rigoletto) Credit Norton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Seymour Schwartzman (Rigoletto) Credit Norton
Image Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Anne Elgar (Gilda), Seymour Schwartzman (Rigoletto) Credit Norton