Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal Based On the play by Sophocles Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Berkeley, CA Venue Hearst Greek Theatre Season 1966 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Horst Stein Production Paul Hager Designer Alfred Siercke Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast First Maidservant Donna Petersen Second Maidservant Nancy Wiench Third Maidservant Carol Kirkpatrick Fourth Maidservant Gwen Curatilo Fifth maidservant Delcina Stevenson Overseer of the Servants Dorothy Cole Elektra Amy Shuard Chrysothemis Enriqueta Tarrés Klytemnestra Regina Resnik Her confidante Sylvia Davis Her trainbearer Louise Corsale Young Servant David Thaw Old Servant Clifford Grant Orestes Thomas Stewart Orestes' guardian Ara Berberian Aegisthus Richard Cassilly Show Dates Sun, Oct 9 1966, 2pm Time and Place Greece after the Trojan War Notes Presented by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation and The Committee for Arts and Lectures University of California, Berkeley