Die Walküre

The Valkyrie

Composer

Richard Wagner

Librettist

Richard Wagner

Company

San Francisco Opera Association

Location

San Francisco, CA

Venue

War Memorial Opera House

Season

1976-1977

Language

German

Creative/Crew

Conductor

Otmar Suitner

Stage Director(s)

Ghita Hager

Designer

Wolfram Skalicki

Lighting Designer

Thomas J. Munn

Musical Preparation

Philip Eisenberg

Cast

Siegmund

Jon Vickers

Sieglinde

Leonie Rysanek(9/11,14,17)

Janis Martin(9/22,26;10/2)

Hunding

Clifford Grant

Wotan

Hans Sotin

Brünnhilde

Roberta Knie

Fricka

Ruth Hesse

Helmwige

Sue Goreniuc

Gerhilde

Sharon Sherrard

Ortlinde

Linda Roark

Waltraute

Edna Garabedian

Siegrune

Gwendolyn Jones

Rossweisse

Shirley Lee Harned

Grimgerde

Donna Petersen

Schwertleite

Sheila Nadler

Show Dates

Sat, Sep 11 1976, 7:30pm

Tue, Sep 14 1976, 7:30pm

Fri, Sep 17 1976, 7:30pm

Wed, Sep 22 1976, 7:30pm

Sun, Sep 26 1976, 1:30pm

Sat, Oct 2 1976, 1pm

Broadcast

Fri, Sep 17 1976, 8am

9/17/1976, live broadcast, KKHI.

Time and Place

(not specified)

Scenes

Act I -- Hunding's dwelling

Act II -- A mountain gorge

Act III -- Summit of a mountain

Media

Notes

9/17/1976, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission interviews: #1 Tribute to Lotte Lehmann by John Coveney (guest), #2 Bayreuth Ring Cycle, Robert Knie and Hans Sotin (guests).

The performance of September 17 is dedicated to the memory of Lotte Lehmann