Composer various persons Librettist various persons Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1957 Creative/Crew Conductor Kurt Herbert Adler Glauco Curiel Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Carlo Piccinato Cast Soprano Leyla Gencer Leontyne Price Leonie Rysanek Sylvia Stahlman Mezzo-soprano Jan McArt Blanche Thebom Tenor Virginio Assandri Jon Crain Eugene Tobin Baritone Murray Kenig Robert Merrill Giuseppe Taddei Bass Lorenzo Alvary Nicola Moscona Carl Palangi Harve Presnell Show Dates Mon, Oct 28 1957, 10:30am Notes For Young People of Los Angeles City SchoolsA VERDI MATINEELA TRAVIATA -- Act IGlauco Curiel, conductorPaul Hager, stage directorLeyla Gencer (Violetta)Jon Crain (Alfredo)Jan McArt (Flora)Murray Kenig (Baron Douphol)Harve Presnell (d'Obigny)Carl Palangi (Dr. Grenvil)Virginio Assandri (Gastone)UN BALLO IN MASCHERA -- Act III, Scene 1Kurt Herbert Adler, conductorPaul Hager, stage directorLeonie Rysanek (Amelia)Giuseppe Taddei (Renato)Sylvia Stahlman (Oscar)Lorenzo Alvary (Samuele)Nicola Moscona (Tommaso)AIDA -- Act II, Scene 2Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductorCarlo Piccinato, stage directorLeontyne Price (Aida)Eugene Tobin (Radames)Blanche Thebom (Amneris)Robert Merrill (Amonasro)Nicola Moscona (Ramfis)Carl Palangi (King of Egypt)Nancy Johnson, Dick Carter (Solo dancers)Corps de Ballet Dancers Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Richard Carter San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet