Twilight of the Gods Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1947 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Siegfried Set Svanholm Brünnhilde Helen Traubel Gunther George Czaplicki Alberich Walter Olitzki Hagen Lorenzo Alvary Gutrune Regina Resnik Waltraute Margaret Harshaw Woglinde Lois Hartzell Wellgunde Beta Popper Flosshilde Herta Glaz First Norn Herta Glaz Second Norn Claramae Turner Third Norn Thelma Votipka First Soldier Paul Guenter Second Soldier Norman Benson Third Soldier Galliano Daneluz Show Dates Fri, Sep 26 1947, 7:30pm Thu, Oct 9 1947, 7:30pm Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Rock of the Valkyries Scene 2 -- Hall of Gunther's Castle Scene 3 -- Same as Scene 1 Act II -- The Rhine near Gunther's Castle Act III -- A Wild Valley near the Rhine Scene 2 -- Hall of Gunther's Castle Media Image Götterdämmerung, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Hagen), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Image Götterdämmerung, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Hagen), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1947_07_compressed.pdf (8.44 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Götterdämmerung, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Hagen), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer
Image Götterdämmerung, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1947. Photographer: R. Strohmeyer/San Francisco Opera. Lorenzo Alvary (Hagen), Ensemble Credit Strohmeyer