Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1959 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Assistant to stage director Ghita Hager Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Majordomo Robert Symonds Composer Sena Jurinac Prima Donna Eileen Farrell Music Teacher Geraint Evans Tenor Richard Lewis Wigmaker Virginio Assandri Lackey Carl Palangi Officer Robert Thomas Dancing Master Howard Fried Zerbinetta Rita Streich Arlecchino Theodor Uppman Scaramuccio Raymond Manton Truffaldino Lorenzo Alvary Brighella Caesar Curzi Ariadne Eileen Farrell Bacchus Richard Lewis Naiad Pierrette Alarie Dryad Katherine Hilgenberg Echo Joan Marie Moynagh Show Dates Tue, Oct 27 1959, 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 Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Danses Concertantes"