Composer Carl Orff Based On original medieval texts Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1958 Language Latin, German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting and costumes by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Supervising designer Waldemar Johansen Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Ghita Hager Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Old Poet Frank Guarrera First coquette Louise Oldt Second coquette Cecilia Ward Third coquette Joan Marie Moynagh First Lover Margot Blum Second Lover Eugene Green First Drinker Frank Guarrera Second Drinker Raymond Manton Burgundian Lady Elaine Malbin Lady's page Anthony Carilli David Cherney Galen Dong Jonathan Fromer Gary Kattge Marston Wong Burgundian Troubadour Frank Guarrera Friend of the troubadour Robert Thomas Howard Fried John Gillaspy Eugene Green Mark Elyn Harold Enns Solo Dancer(s) Christine Robinson Howard Henderson Show Dates Tue, Oct 28 1958, 8pm Scenes Scene 1 -- Fortune rules the world Scene 2 -- Springtime Scene 3 -- A tavern Scene 4 -- The Court of Love Scene 5 -- Fortune rules the world forever Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Die Kluge" Notes Correct listing: Carmina Burana (In medieval Latin and German) Cantiones profanae in one act Corps de Ballet