The Valkyrie Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1953 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Georg Solti Stage Director(s) Carlo Piccinato Settings designed by Armando Agnini Settings painted by Julius Dobe Cast Brünnhilde Gertrude Grob-Prandl Sieglinde Inge Borkh Fricka Margarete Klose Siegmund Ludwig Suthaus Wotan Paul Schoeffler Hunding Dezso Ernster Helmwige Ellen Faull Gerhilde Beverly Sills Ortlinde Yvonne Chauveau Siegrune Janice Moudry Rossweisse Margaret Roggero Waltraute Eloise Farrell Grimgerde Donna Petersen Schwertleite June Wilkins Show Dates Tue, Oct 13 1953, 8pm Sun, Oct 18 1953, 2pm 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 Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Inge Borkh (Sieglinda), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Brünnhilde ) Credit Unknown Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Paul Schoeffler (Wotan), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Brünnhilde ) Credit Unknown Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. 3 Walkuren Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1953_15_compressed.pdf (8.14 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- 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."
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Inge Borkh (Sieglinda), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Brünnhilde ) Credit Unknown
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Paul Schoeffler (Wotan), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (Brünnhilde ) Credit Unknown
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1953. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. 3 Walkuren Credit Unknown