Ring; The Valkyrie Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1935 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Artur Bodanzky Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Designer Julian Dové Cast Brünnhilde Kirsten Flagstad Sieglinde Elisabeth Rethberg Fricka Kathryn Meisle Siegmund Lauritz Melchior Wotan Friedrich Schorr Hunding Chase Baromeo(11/4) Emanuel List(11/13) Helmwige Dorothee Manski Gerhilde Querita Eybel Ortlinde Jean Merrill Siegrune Gertrude Gerdau Rossweisse Marie Leandre Waltraute Doris Doe Grimgerde Olga Callahan Schwertleite Eva Gruninger Show Dates Mon, Nov 4 1935, 7:30pm Wed, Nov 13 1935, 7:30pm Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I -- Interior of Hunding's Hut in the Forest Act II -- A Wild and Rocky Pass Act III -- A Rocky Mountaintop Media Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Dorothee Manski (Helmwige) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Eva Gruninger (Schwertleite) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Friedrich Schorr (Wotan) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde) Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. 5 Valkuries Credit Franklin and Rognon Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Friedrich Schorr (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Brunhilde), 8 Walkuries Credit Franklin and Rognon Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1935_12_compressed.pdf (6 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part of the Company's first presentation of the complete "Ring des Nibelungen." Kirsten Flagstad's first complete "Ring" anywhere. The performance of November 13th was an "extra performance."
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Dorothee Manski (Helmwige) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Eva Gruninger (Schwertleite) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Friedrich Schorr (Wotan) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde) Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. 5 Valkuries Credit Franklin and Rognon
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1935. Photographer: Franklin and Rognon/San Francisco Opera. Friedrich Schorr (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Brunhilde), 8 Walkuries Credit Franklin and Rognon