The Magic Flute Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Librettists Emanuel Schikaneder and Karl Ludwig Gieseke Based On the play by Antonio García Gutiérrez Company Spring Opera Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1963 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Henry Lewis Production Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr. Vincent Porcaro Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costume sketches John Waltz Costumes Goldstein & Co. Cast Tamino, an Egyptian Prince Mallory Walker First Lady Carol Todd Second Lad Nancy Williams Third Lady Donna Petersen Papageno, a bird catcher Richard Fredricks Queen of the Night Elena Raina First Spirit James Steele Second Spirit Paul Gordon Third Spirit Gerald Martin Monostatos, a Moor, servant of Sarastro Nathaniel Lopez Pamina, daughter of the Queen of the Night Doris Yarick Speaker Thomas Paul First Priest Delbert Silva Second Priest Colin Harvey Sarastro, high priest of Isis and Osiris John West Papagena Gwen Curatilo First Armored Man Lynn Detwiler Second Armored Man Eugene Jones Show Dates Tue, May 14 1963, 8pm Sat, May 25 1963, 8pm Time and Place The action takes place in the mystical domains of the Queen of the Night and Sarastro Notes Spring Opera of San Francisco Animals -- Members of the San Francisco Ballet School Serpent courtesy of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco