The Valkyrie Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1956 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Hans Schwieger Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting and lighting by Leo Kerz Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Brünnhilde Birgit Nilsson Sieglinde Leonie Rysanek Fricka Nell Rankin Siegmund Ludwig Suthaus Wotan Hans Hotter Hunding Lorenzo Alvary Helmwige Patricia Velsir Gerhilde Annabell Ronson Ortlinde Phyllis Althof Siegrune Katherine Hilgenberg Rossweisse Margaret Roggero Waltraute Christine Krooskos Grimgerde Donna Petersen Schwertleite Rosalind Nadell Show Dates Sun, Nov 4 1956, 3pm 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 New Production