USA Premiere The Wise Maiden Composer Carl Orff Based On the story Die Kluge Bauerntochter from Grimms' Fairy Tales Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1958 Language English Commission English translation by Otto Guth and Jane Mayhall Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting and costumes by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Supervising designer Waldemar Johansen Puppets executed by Ralph Cheese Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast King Lawrence Winters Peasant Lorenzo Alvary Peasant's Daughter Leontyne Price Jailer James Wagner Man with a donkey Raymond Manton Man with a mule Eugene Green First tramp Robert Thomas Second tramp John Gillaspy Third tramp Richard Wentworth Show Dates Fri, Oct 3 1958, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 9 1958, 8:30pm Time and Place In a Fairy-Tale Kingdom Media Image Die Kluge, Carl Orff. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Laurence Winters (The King), Leontyne Price (The Peasant's Daughter) Credit Bill Cogan Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1958_10_compressed.pdf (9.4 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- US PREMIERE / UNITED STATES PREMIERE First performance: Frankfurt, 1943. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Carmina Burana" New Production
Image Die Kluge, Carl Orff. San Francisco Opera, 1958. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Laurence Winters (The King), Leontyne Price (The Peasant's Daughter) Credit Bill Cogan