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 1938 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Fritz Reiner Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Master William Tyroler Cast Queen Klytemnestra Kerstin Thorborg Aegisthus, her paramour Karl Laufkötter Elektra, the Queen's elder daughter Rose Pauly Chrysothemis, her sister Irene Jessner Orestes, the Queen's son Julius Huehn Foster Father of Orestes Norman Cordon Confidant Mary Helen Markham Trainbearer Kathleen Lawlor Young Servant Hans Clemens Old Servant Malcolm Youngs Overseer of the Servants Olive Ponitz First Serving Woman Doris Doe Second Serving Woman Lina Kroph Third Serving Woman Alice Avakian Fourth Serving Woman Thelma Votipka Fifth Serving Woman Dorothy Cornish Show Dates Mon, Oct 24 1938, 9pm Sun, Oct 30 1938, 3pm Time and Place Antiquity; Greece Scenes Court of the Palace Media Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Chrysothemis), Rose Pauly (Elektra) Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rose Pauly (Elektra), Olive Pontiz (Overseer), Doris Doe (1st Serving Woman) Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (1st Serving Woman) Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Julius Huehn (Orestes) Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rose Pauly (Elektra) Credit Morton Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rose Pauly (Elektra), Kerstin Thorberg (Klytemenstra) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1938_08_compressed.pdf (7.13 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Irene Jessner (Chrysothemis), Rose Pauly (Elektra) Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rose Pauly (Elektra), Olive Pontiz (Overseer), Doris Doe (1st Serving Woman) Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Doris Doe (1st Serving Woman) Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Julius Huehn (Orestes) Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rose Pauly (Elektra) Credit Morton
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1938. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Rose Pauly (Elektra), Kerstin Thorberg (Klytemenstra) Credit Morton