The Valkyrie Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1968 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Production Paul Hager Assisted by Ghita Hager Designer Wolfram Skalicki Davis L. West Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Siegmund Jess Thomas Sieglinde Régine Crespin Hunding William Wildermann Wotan Hubert Hofmann Brünnhilde Nadezda Kniplova Fricka Margarita Lilova Gerhilde Shigemi Matsumoto Waltraute Claudia White Schwertleite Sheila Nadler Ortlinde Sheila Marks Helmwige Carol Todd Siegrune Sylvia Anderson Rossweisse Sona Cervena Grimgerde Donna Petersen Show Dates Fri, Sep 27 1968, 7:30pm Mon, Sep 30 1968, 7:30pm Wed, Oct 9 1968, 7:30pm Sat, Oct 12 1968, 7:30pm Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Act I -- Hunding's hut Act II -- A mountain gorge INTERMISSION Act III -- Summit of a mountain Media Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Mason Jones Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Hank Kranzler/San Francisco Opera. Hubert Hofmann (Wotan), Margarita Lilova (Fricka) Credit Kranzler Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Nadezda Kniplova (Brunhilde), Hubert Hofmann (Wotan) Credit Norton Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Regine Crespin (Sieglinde) Credit Unknown Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. 6 Walkuren Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1968_15_compressed.pdf (16.19 MB) Sponsors The San Francisco Opera Association gratefully acknowledges a gift of the music for the entire Ring cycle from Wilfred Allen Taylor. Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- New production The performance of September 30 honored Lotte Lehmann.
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Mason Jones
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Hank Kranzler/San Francisco Opera. Hubert Hofmann (Wotan), Margarita Lilova (Fricka) Credit Kranzler
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Nadezda Kniplova (Brunhilde), Hubert Hofmann (Wotan) Credit Norton
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Regine Crespin (Sieglinde) Credit Unknown
Image Die Walküre, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. 6 Walkuren Credit Unknown