Medea Composer Luigi Cherubini Librettist François-Benoît Hoffman Based On Euripides' tragedy of Medea and Pierre Corneille's play Médée Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1958 Language Italian Commission Italian translation by Carlo Zangarini Creative/Crew Conductor Jean Fournet Stage Director(s) Paul Hager Stage setting by Waldemar Johansen Chorus Director Gianni Lazzari Choreographer Eugene Loring Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Creon, King of Corinth Giuseppe Modesti Glauce, his daughter Sylvia Stahlman Jason Richard Lewis Medea, his wife Eileen Farrell Neris, handmaiden to Medea Claramae Turner Captain of the Guard Harold Enns First handmaiden Joan Marie Moynagh Second handmaiden Margot Blum First Child Bernard Pomeroy Second Child Philip Kelsey Show Dates Fri, Nov 7 1958, 8pm Time and Place Legendary; Corinth Scenes Act I -- The Royal Palace of Creon Act II -- In front of the Temple of Hera Act III -- A temple near Creon's palace Legacy Commission Italian translation by Carlo Zangarini Notes Corps de ballet Major intermission after Act I