Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettist Francesco Maria Piave Based On the play "Le Roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo Company Spring Opera Theater Location San Francisco, CA Venue Curran Theatre Season 1971 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Dennis Russell Davies Production Gilbert Moses Designer Robert Darling Chorus Director Francesco Prestia Musical Preparation John DeMain Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Duke Harry Danner Borsa David Hall-Sundquist Countess Ceprano Julia Emoed-Wallace Rigoletto Robert Mosley Marullo Richard Lombardi Count Ceprano Daniel Sullivan Monterone Allan Monk Sparafucile Richard Mundt Gilda Carol Toscano Giovanna Donna Petersen Page Ted Schoenfeld Guard Eugene Lawrence Maddalena Edna Garabedian Show Dates Fri, Mar 19 1971, 12:30pm Sun, Mar 21 1971, 2:30pm Sat, Mar 27 1971, 8:30pm Time and Place A corrupt court Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The Duke's palace Act I, Scene 2 -- The house of Rigoletto Act II -- The Duke's palace Act III -- A desolate inn Media Image Robert Mosley (Rigoletto), Allan Monk (Monterone), Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1971. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Robert Mosley (Rigoletto, left) and Allan Monk (Monterone, standing center) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Acknowledgements Production sponsored by Security Pacific Bank Closed circuit television equipment courtesy of Sony Corporation of America Legacy Commission English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin
Image Robert Mosley (Rigoletto), Allan Monk (Monterone), Rigoletto, Giuseppe Verdi. San Francisco Opera/SPOT, 1971. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Robert Mosley (Rigoletto, left) and Allan Monk (Monterone, standing center) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera