Die Meistersinger Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1965 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Walther von Stolzing, Franconian Knight Jess Thomas Eva, Pogner's daughter Pilar Lorengar(9/11, 17) Lucine Amara(10/3) Magdalene, Eva's companion Claramae Turner David, apprentice to Hans Sachs Alexander Young Veit Pogner, goldsmith Thomas O'Leary Sixtus Beckmesser, town clerk Toni Blankenheim Hans Sachs, Cobbler Heinz Imdahl Kunz Vogelgesang, furrier William Whitesides Konrad Nachtigall, buckle-maker Richard Fredricks Fritz Kothner, baker Chester Ludgin Hermann Ortel, soap-maker Adib Fazah Balthazar Zorn, pewterer Robert Glover Augustin Moser, tailor Howard Fried Ulrich Eisslinger, Grocer Raymond Manton Hans Foltz, coppersmith John West Hans Schwarz, stocking-weaver Joshua Hecht Apprentice Dolores San Miguel Night Watchman Andrew Foldi Show Dates Sat, Sep 11 1965, 7:30pm Fri, Sep 17 1965, 7:30pm Sun, Oct 3 1965, 1:30pm Time and Place Nürnberg; middle of the sixteenth century Scenes Act I -- Interior of St. Katherine's Church Act II -- Outside the homes of Sachs and Pogner Act III, Scene 1 -- Hans Sachs's workshop Scene 2 -- An open meadow near the Pegnitz River Media Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Jeanette Goodman/San Francisco Opera. Pilar Lorengar (Eva) Credit Jeanette Goodman Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Walther), Heinz Imdahl (Hans Sachs) Credit Pete Peters Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Alexander Young (David) Credit Pete Peters Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Unknown, Pilar Lorengar (Eva), Claramae Turner (Madelene) Credit Pete Peters Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Thomas O’Leary (Pogner), Jess Thomas (Walther) Credit Pete Peters Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Walther), Pilar Lorengar (Eva) Credit Pete Peters Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1965_13_compressed.pdf (11.66 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Auxiliary Chorus: Members of the Loring Club, Eugene Fulton, Director Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Jeanette Goodman/San Francisco Opera. Pilar Lorengar (Eva) Credit Jeanette Goodman
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Walther), Heinz Imdahl (Hans Sachs) Credit Pete Peters
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Alexander Young (David) Credit Pete Peters
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Unknown, Pilar Lorengar (Eva), Claramae Turner (Madelene) Credit Pete Peters
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Thomas O’Leary (Pogner), Jess Thomas (Walther) Credit Pete Peters
Image Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1965. Photographer: Pete Peters/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Walther), Pilar Lorengar (Eva) Credit Pete Peters