Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1937 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Fritz Reiner Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Master William Tyroler Hermann Weigert Settings designed by Armando Agnini Cast Lohengrin, Knight of the Holy Grail Lauritz Melchior Elsa of Brabant Kirsten Flagstad Frederick of Telramund, Count of Brabant Julius Huehn Ortrud, his wife Kathryn Meisle Henry the Fowler, King of Germany Ludwig Hofmann King's Herald George Cehanovsky Show Dates Fri, Nov 19 1937, 7:45pm Time and Place Antwerp, during the First Half of the Tenth Century Scenes Act I -- On the Banks of the River Scheldt Act II -- Court of the Palace Act III, Scene 1 -- The Bridal Chamber of the Palace Scene 2 -- Same as Act I