USA Staged Premiere Composer Carl Orff Based On original medieval texts Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House 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 Fri, Oct 3 1958, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 9 1958, 8:30pm 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 Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1958_05_compressed.pdf (9.4 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE First American staging at SF Opera; presented earlier in the US in concert. First performance: Frankfurt, 1937. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "Die Kluge" Correct listing:Carmina Burana(In medieval Latin and German)Cantiones profanae in one actThe performance is listed as American STAGE premiere