Composer Giuseppe Verdi Librettists Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito Based On the play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1941 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Production Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Simon Boccanegra, corsair in the service of the Genoese Republic Lawrence Tibbett Jacopo Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman Ezio Pinza Paolo Albiani, a goldweaver John Brownlee Pietro, a Genoese commoner Lorenzo Alvary Simon Boccanegra, First Doge of Genoa Lawrence Tibbett Amelia Grimaldi Stella Roman Jacopo Fiesco, under the name of Andrea Ezio Pinza Gabriele Adorno, a Genoese nobleman Frederick Jagel Paolo Albiani, Chancellor of the Republic John Brownlee Pietro, a Courtier Lorenzo Alvary Captain of the Guard Anthony Marlowe Amelia's Maidservant Thelma Votipka Show Dates Mon, Nov 3 1941, 8pm Time and Place Middle of the XIV Century; Genoa Scenes PROLOGUE -- San Lorenzo Square in Genoa Act I -- The Grimaldi Garden Act II -- Doge's Quarters in the Ducal Palace Act III -- Interior of the Ducal Palace Notes Program Note on cast page: "N.B. About twenty years elapse between the Prologue and Act I." Settings constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association