Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal Based On loosely, adapted from Louvet de Couvrai's novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas and Molière's comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1951 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Technical Director Armando Agnini Cast Marschallin, wife of Field Marshal Prince von Werdenberg Stella Roman Baron Ochs of Lerchenau Lorenzo Alvary Octavian, a young nobleman Blanche Thebom Herr von Faninal, a rich merchant newly ennobled Ralph Herbert Sophie, his daughter Uta Graf Marianne, her duenna Yvonne Chauveau Valzacchi, an intriguer Alessio De Paolis Annina, his accomplice Herta Glaz Singer Ernest Lawrence Landlord Caesar Curzi Police Commissioner Desire Ligeti Majordomo of the Marschallin Winther Andersen Majordomo of Faninal James Schwabacher Notary Colin Harvey Milliner Catherine Brubaker Widow Dorothy Throndson Vendor of Animals Austin Thomson First Orphan Sherrill Lanyon Second Orphan Eileen Baldwin Third Orphan Valerie Lagorio Black Page Paula Tracy Leopold Frederick Jones First Footman Thomas Miller Second Footman Paul Guenter Third Footman Attilio Rossi Fourth Footman Demy Trevor Show Dates Tue, Oct 30 1951, 8pm Time and Place In the Early Years of the Reign of Maria Theresia; Vienna Scenes Act I -- The Bedroom of the Marschallin Act II -- A Room in the House of Herr Faninal Act III -- A Room in an Inn