Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal Based On the play by Sophocles Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1958 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting designed by Harry Horner Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Queen Klytemnestra Claramae Turner(10/10) Irene Dalis(10/16) Aegistus, her paramour Sebastian Feiersinger Elektra, the Queen's elder daughter Christel Goltz Chrysothemis, her sister Lisa della Casa Orestes, the Queen's son Arnold van Mill Guardian of Orestes Mark Elyn Confidant Margot Blum Trainbearer Louise Oldt Young Servant Robert Thomas Old Servant Harold Enns Overseer of the Servants Cecilia Ward First Maidservant Alice Taylor Second Maidservant Frances Groves Third Maidservant Katherine Hilgenberg Fourth Maidservant Joan Marie Moynagh Fifth maidservant Ruth Daniel Show Dates Fri, Oct 10 1958, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 16 1958, 8:30pm Time and Place Antiquity; Greece after the Trojan War Scenes Court of the palace at Mycenae Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1958_07_compressed.pdf (9.43 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "Gianni Schicchi"