The Valkyrie
Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1936
Language
German
Creative/Crew
Cast
Brünnhilde
Sieglinde
Fricka
Siegmund
Wotan
Hunding
Helmwige
Gerhilde
Ortlinde
Siegrune
Rossweisse
Waltraute
Grimgerde
Schwertleite
Show Dates
Broadcast
Live broadcast, Act II.
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
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1936_15_compressed.pdf
(6.79 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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11/13/1936, live broadcast, Act II: Author, Marcia Davenport is the on-air commentator for the 1936 NBC broadcasts. "Die Walküre, Act II: Kirsten Flagstad, Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Fritz Reiner. A famous opera broadcast that features both Flagstad and Lehmann (the only other performance with the two of them occurred in Chicago and was not broadcast). Attempting to wrap up the broadcast within the allotted time, announcer Marcia Davenport spoke over Wotan’s killing of Hunding."