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 1956 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting by Harry Horner Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Philip Vanderdecken, the Flying Dutchman Hans Hotter Daland, a Norwegian seafarer Lorenzo Alvary Senta, his daughter Leonie Rysanek Eric, a huntsman Ludwig Suthaus Daland's Steersman Caesar Curzi Mary, housekeeper in Daland's house Katherine Hilgenberg Show Dates Fri, Oct 26 1956, 8pm Time and Place Nineteenth-century Norway 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 Auxiliary Chorus -- from the Opera and Chorus Department of the University of Southern California