Die Meistersinger Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1938 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Fritz Reiner Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Hans Sachs, Cobbler Friedrich Schorr Pogner, Goldsmith Carlton Gauld Vogelgesang, Furrier Hans Clemens Nachtigall, buckle-maker Louis D'Angelo Beckmesser, Town Clerk Arnold Gabor Kothner, Baker Julius Huehn Zorn, Pewterer Leslie George Eisslinger, Grocer Ludovico Oliviero Moser, Tailor Carl Hauge Ortel, soap-boiler George Cehanovsky Schwarz, Stocking-weaver Norman Cordon Foltz, Coppersmith John Howell Sir Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight Charles Kullman David, apprentice to Hans Sachs Karl Laufkötter Eva, Pogner's daughter Irene Jessner Magdalene, Eva's nurse Kerstin Thorborg Night Watchman George Cehanovsky Show Dates Fri, Oct 14 1938, 7:45pm Wed, Oct 26 1938, 7:45pm Time and Place Middle of the Sixteenth Century; Nuremberg Scenes Act I -- Interior of St. Katherine's Church Act II -- Street in Nuremberg, Outside the Houses of Sachs and Pogner Act III, Scene 1 -- Interior of Hans Sachs's Workshop Scene 2 -- A Field on the Shores of the River Pegnitz Media Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlton Gauld (Pogner) Credit Morton Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Eva), Charles Kullman (Walther), Karl Laufkotter (David), Kerstin Thorberg (Maddelena) Credit Morton Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Eva), Friedrich Schorr (Sachs), Kerstin Thorberg (Maddelena) Credit Morton Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Karl Laufkotter (David), Charles Kullman (Walther) Credit Morton Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Eva), Charles Kaullman (Walther) Credit Unknown Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Arnold Gabor (Beckmesser) Credit Unknown Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Unknown Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Carlton Gauld (Pogner), Irene Jessner (Eva), Arnold Gabor (Beckmesser) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1938_12_compressed.pdf (7.16 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- For this performance the regular Opera Chorus is augmented with the Opera Chorus of San Francisco State College, Eileen McCall, Director. Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Carlton Gauld (Pogner) Credit Morton
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Eva), Charles Kullman (Walther), Karl Laufkotter (David), Kerstin Thorberg (Maddelena) Credit Morton
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Eva), Friedrich Schorr (Sachs), Kerstin Thorberg (Maddelena) Credit Morton
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Karl Laufkotter (David), Charles Kullman (Walther) Credit Morton
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Eva), Charles Kaullman (Walther) Credit Unknown
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Arnold Gabor (Beckmesser) Credit Unknown
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Unknown
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Carlton Gauld (Pogner), Irene Jessner (Eva), Arnold Gabor (Beckmesser) Credit Unknown