Ring; Rhine Gold Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1972 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Otmar Suitner Production Paul Hager Designer Wolfram Skalicki Production assistance Ghita Hager Jacques Karpo Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Cast Woglinde Betty Jones Wellgunde Gwendolyn Jones Flosshilde Sandra Walker Alberich Marius Rintzler Fricka Margarita Lilova Wotan Thomas Stewart Freia Marita Napier Fasolt Malcolm Smith Fafner Philip Booth Froh Richard Kness Donner Allan Monk Loge Richard Holm Mime Wolf Appel Erda Edna Garabedian Show Dates Tue, Sep 26 1972, 8pm Sat, Oct 7 1972, 8pm Tue, Oct 17 1972, 8pm Broadcast Tue, Sep 26 1972, 8am 09/26/1972, live broadcast, KKHI. Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Scene 1 -- The pristine waters of the Rhine Scene 2 -- Beyond the terrestrial sphere near Valhalla Scene 3 -- The subterranean depths of Nibelheim Scene 4 -- Beyond the terrestrial sphere near Valhalla Media Image Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Wotan) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Richard Holm (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Philip Booth (Fafner), Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Richard Holm (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Wotan), and Philip Booth (Fafner) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1972_09_compressed.pdf (20.5 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------09/26/1972, live broadcast, KKHI. Nibelungs -- Members of the San Francisco Boys ChorusReduced orchestration by Gotthold Lessing
Image Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Wotan) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Richard Holm (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Philip Booth (Fafner), Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Richard Holm (Loge), Thomas Stewart (Wotan), and Philip Booth (Fafner) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera