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 1960 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Musical Preparation Otto Guth Philip Eisenberg Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Simon Boccanegra, Genoese corsair, later the Doge Tito Gobbi Amelia Grimaldi, his daughter Floriana Cavalli Jacopo Fiesco, later Pater Andrea Giorgio Tozzi Gabriele Adorno, a nobleman Giuseppe Zampieri Paolo Albiani Geraint Evans Pietro Robert Anderson Captain of the Guard Gilbert Russell Amelia's servant Janis Martin Show Dates Sat, Oct 29 1960, 8pm Time and Place Middle of the fourteenth century; Genoa Scenes PROLOGUE -- San Lorenzo square in Genoa Act I, Scene 1 -- The Grimaldi terrace twenty years later Scene 2 -- Assembly room in the Ducal palace Act II -- The Doge's chambers Act III -- Same as Act II Notes Major intermission after Act I