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 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 Sat, Sep 24 1966, 8pm Fri, Sep 30 1966, 9pm Thu, Oct 6 1966, 8pm Time and Place Greece after the Trojan War Media Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Amy Shuard (Elektra), Enriqueta Tarres (Chrysomethis) Credit Mason Jones Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Regina Resnik (Klytemnastra) Credit Mason Jones Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Unknown, Dorothy Cole (Overseer), Unknown, Delcina Stevenson Credit Unknown Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Enriqueta Tarres (Chrysomethis), Amy Shuard (Elektra) Credit Unknown Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Louise Corsale (Trainbearer), Regina Resnik (Klytemnastra), Sylvia Davis (Confidente) Credit Unknown Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Orestes), Amy Shuard (Elektra) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1966_05_compressed.pdf (9.94 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- New production
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Amy Shuard (Elektra), Enriqueta Tarres (Chrysomethis) Credit Mason Jones
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Regina Resnik (Klytemnastra) Credit Mason Jones
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Unknown, Dorothy Cole (Overseer), Unknown, Delcina Stevenson Credit Unknown
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Enriqueta Tarres (Chrysomethis), Amy Shuard (Elektra) Credit Unknown
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Louise Corsale (Trainbearer), Regina Resnik (Klytemnastra), Sylvia Davis (Confidente) Credit Unknown
Image Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1966. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Orestes), Amy Shuard (Elektra) Credit Unknown