Woman Without a Shadow Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1959 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Designer Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Resident designer Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr. Davis L. West Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumes designed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Executed by Goldstein & Co. Cast Empress Edith Lang Emperor Sebastian Feiersinger Empress's Nurse Irene Dalis Spiritual Messenger Mark Elyn Guardian of the Temple Gates Mary Costa Youth, sung by Robert Thomas Youth, mimed by Julien Herrin Voice of the Falcon Joan Marie Moynagh First Spirit Katherine Hilgenberg Second Spirit Joan Winden Barak, a Dyer Mino Yahia His Wife Marianne Schech One-armed Man Lorenzo Alvary One-eyed Man Eugene Green Hunchback Raymond Manton Night Watchman Winther Andersen Howard Fried Henry McGuckin Servant Nancy Foster Joan Marie Moynagh Margot Blum Solo Voice Nancy Foster Mary Costa Joan Marie Moynagh Edith Evans Margot Blum Katherine Hilgenberg Show Dates Mon, Nov 9 1959, 8pm Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- In the Empire of the Southeastern Islands Scene 2 -- Barak's hovel under a city wall Act II, Scene 1 -- Barak's hovel, the next day Scene 2 -- At the Emperor's falcon house Scene 3 -- In the falcon house Scene 4 -- Same as Act II, Scene 1 Act III, Scene 1 -- Mystic caverns near Keikobad's domain Scene 2 -- At the entrance to Keikobad's temple Scene 3 -- In the temple Scene 4 -- Near a sun-flooded landscape Notes Major intermission after Act II