Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Portland, OR Venue Portland Auditorium Season 1946 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Lohengrin, Knight of the Holy Grail Set Svanholm Elsa of Brabant Astrid Varnay Frederick of Telramund, Count of Brabant George Czaplicki Ortrud, his wife Margaret Harshaw Henry the Fowler, King of Germany Nicola Moscona King's Herald Mack Harrell First Page Martina Zubiri Second Page Mary Lou Connors Third Page Bettie Sanderson Fourth Page Esther Hessling First Noble Galliano Daneluz Second Noble Paul Guenter Third Noble Erich Lawrence Fourth Noble Erich Vannucci First Bridesmaid Marian Wood Second Bridesmaid Eloise Farrell Third Bridesmaid Bianca Bruni Fourth Bridesmaid Delphia Phillips Fifth Bridesmaid Lucine Amara Sixth Bridesmaid Geraldine Viti Seventh Bridesmaid Eileen Baldwin Eighth Bridesmaid Margaret Burns Show Dates Mon, Sep 9 1946, 8pm 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