Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Joseph Gregor Based On loosely, the mythological figure Daphne from Ovid's Metamorphoses and includes elements taken from The Bacchae by Euripides Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1992-1993 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Andrew Davis Stage Director(s) Sandra Bernhard Lighting Designer Joan Arhelger Chorus Director Ian Robertson Assistant to Maestro Davis Patrick Summers Musical Preparation Joyce Fieldsend Bryndon Hassman Ernest Fredric Knell Philip Eisenberg Prompter Philip Eisenberg Stage Manager(s) Theresa Ganley Supertitles Christopher Bergen Cast First shepherd Earle Patriarco Second shepherd James Caputo Third shepherd Magnus Baldvinsson Fourth shepherd Chester Patton Daphne Janice Watson Leukippos Hong-Shen Li Gaea Gweneth Bean First Maid Man-Hua Gao Second Maid Angela Randell Peneios Franz Hawlata Apollo Jon Fredric West Show Dates Wed, Jun 30 1993, 8pm Fri, Jul 2 1993, 8pm Time and Place Antiquity; Greece, near Mount Olympus Scenes (not specified) Notes 1993 Summer Season Dramatized Concert Performance Part of "A Celebration of Strauss" Matthew Epstein, Artistic Consultant