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 1973 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Otmar Suitner Production Paul Hager Designer Alfred Siercke Costumes executed by Goldstein & Co. Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Cast First Maidservant Donna Petersen Second Maidservant Marvellee Cariaga Third Maidservant Gwendolyn Jones Fourth Maidservant Ariel Bybee Fifth maidservant Leona Mitchell Overseer of the Servants Luana De Vol Elektra Ingrid Steger Chrysothemis Marita Napier Leonie Rysanek(10/23) Klytemnestra Irene Dalis Her confidante Rebecca Roberts Her trainbearer Jacquelyn Benson Young Servant Gary Burgess Old Servant John Miller Orest Thomas Stewart Orest's guardian Philip Booth Aegisth Ragnar Ulfung Show Dates Sat, Oct 20 1973, 8pm Tue, Oct 23 1973, 8pm Fri, Oct 26 1973, 8pm Sat, Nov 3 1973, 8pm Broadcast Fri, Oct 26 1973, 8am 10/26/1973, live broadcast, KKHI. Time and Place Greece after the Trojan War Media Image Ingrid Steger (Elektra), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ingrid Steger (Elektra) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Ingrid Steger (Elektra), Marita Napier (Chrysothemis), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ingrid Steger (Elektra) and Marita Napier (Chrysothemis) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Irene Dalis (Klytemnestra), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Irene Dalis (Klytemnestra) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Ragnar Ulfung (Aegisth), Ingrid Steger (Elektra), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ingrid Steger (Elektra) and Ragnar Ulfung (Aegisth) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Marita Napier (Chrysothemis), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Marita Napier (Chrysothemis) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Thomas Stewart (Orest), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Orest) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Ensemble, Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Set Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Notes 10/26/1973, live broadcast, KKHI.
Image Ingrid Steger (Elektra), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ingrid Steger (Elektra) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Ingrid Steger (Elektra), Marita Napier (Chrysothemis), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ingrid Steger (Elektra) and Marita Napier (Chrysothemis) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Irene Dalis (Klytemnestra), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Irene Dalis (Klytemnestra) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Ragnar Ulfung (Aegisth), Ingrid Steger (Elektra), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ingrid Steger (Elektra) and Ragnar Ulfung (Aegisth) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Marita Napier (Chrysothemis), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Marita Napier (Chrysothemis) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Thomas Stewart (Orest), Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Orest) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Ensemble, Elektra, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1973. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Set Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera