Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1957 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Assistant to stage director Ghita Hager Stage settings and lighting by George Jenkins Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Majordomo Allan Louw Composer Helen George Prima Donna Leonie Rysanek Music Teacher Ralph Herbert Tenor Richard Lewis Wigmaker Murray Kenig Lackey Carl Palangi Officer Harve Presnell Dancing Master Howard Fried Zerbinetta Rita Streich Arlecchino Heinz Blankenburg Scaramuccio Raymond Manton Truffaldino Lorenzo Alvary Brighella Caesar Curzi Ariadne Leonie Rysanek Bacchus Richard Lewis Naiad Sylvia Stahlman Dryad Claramae Turner Echo Marie Gibson Show Dates Fri, Nov 1 1957, 8pm Time and Place Vienna and the Island of Naxos -- 18th century and antiquity Scenes PROLOGUE -- The home of a newly rich gentleman THE OPERA -- Ariadne's cave on a deserted island Notes New Production