Orpheus and Eurydice Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck Librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1959 Language Italian Archive ID SFO_1959_12 Creative/Crew Conductor Silvio Varviso Stage Director(s) Dino Yannopoulos Stage setting by Waldemar Johansen Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Choreographer Willam Christensen Costumers Goldstein & Co. Cast Orfeo Blanche Thebom Euridice Lucine Amara Amor Joan Marie Moynagh Solo Dancer(s) Nancy Johnson Sally Bailey Richard Carter Show Dates Tue, Sep 15 1959, 8:30pm Sat, Sep 26 1959, 8:30pm Time and Place Legendary Greece Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The death of Euridice Scene 2 -- Hades Act II, Scene 1 -- The Elysian fields Scene 2 -- Hades Scene 3 -- The death of Orfeo Media Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Blanche Thebom (Orfeo) Credit Bill Cogan Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Blanche Thebom (Orfeo) Credit Bill Cogan Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Blanche Thebom (Orfeo) Credit Bill Cogan Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Unknown Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Blanche Thebom (Orfeo) Credit Bill Cogan
Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Blanche Thebom (Orfeo) Credit Bill Cogan
Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Bill Cogan/San Francisco Opera. Blanche Thebom (Orfeo) Credit Bill Cogan
Image Orfeo ed Euridice, Christoph Willibald von Gluck. San Francisco Opera, 1959. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Unknown