The Flying Dutchman Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Based On a poem by Heinrich Heine Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1954 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Eugen Szenkar Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Leo Mueller Stage settings designed by Harry Horner G.K.P. Projection System by Paul Planer Settings painted by Davis L. West Cast Philip Vanderdecken, the Flying Dutchman Hans Hotter Daland, a Norwegian seafarer Lorenzo Alvary Senta, his daughter Inge Borkh Eric, a huntsman Brian Sullivan Daland's Steersman Caesar Curzi Mary, housekeeper in Daland's house Elinor Warren Show Dates Thu, Oct 28 1954, 8pm Time and Place 19th century Scenes Act I -- A rocky cove on the Norwegian coast Act II -- A hall in Daland's house Act III -- The Norwegian harbor near Daland's house Notes The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.