Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Music Center Pavilion Season 1965 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Horst Stein Stage Director(s) Henry Butler Designer Leo Kerz Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Heinrich der Vogler, King of Germany Thomas O'Leary Friedrich von Telramund, Count of Brabant Chester Ludgin King's Herald Richard Fredricks Ortrud, wife of Telramund Annamaria Bessel Elsa von Brabant Hildegard Hillebrecht Lohengrin, Knight of the Holy Grail Jess Thomas Show Dates Sat, Nov 6 1965, 8pm Mon, Nov 22 1965, 8pm Time and Place Antwerp, during the first half of the tenth century Scenes Act I -- On the banks of the River Schelde Act II -- Court of the palace Act III, Scene 1 -- Bridal chamber of the palace Scene 2 -- On the banks of the River Schelde