The Valkyrie
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association Touring
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Venue
Shrine Auditorium
Season
1953
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Settings designed by
Settings painted by
Cast
Brünnhilde
Sieglinde
Fricka
Siegmund
Wotan
Hunding
Helmwige
Gerhilde
Ortlinde
Siegrune
Rossweisse
Waltraute
Grimgerde
Schwertleite
Show Dates
Time and Place
Legendary
Scenes
Act I -- Interior of Hunding's Hut in the Forest
Act II -- A Wild and Rocky Pass
Act III -- Rock of the Valkyries
Notes
The Company General Director Gaetano Merola died on August 20th, while conducting
Butterfly's "Un bel dì" in San Francisco's Stern Grove. The entire 1953 season
was labeled "Gaetano Merola, 1879-1953 -- In Memoriam."
The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but those.