Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1951 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Setting designed by Armando Agnini Eugene Dunkel Cast Titurel, a Holy Knight Desire Ligeti Amfortas, his Son, Keeper of the Holy Grail Herbert Janssen Gurnemanz, a Veteran Knight of the Grail Dezso Ernster Parsifal, a "Guileless Fool" Set Svanholm Klingsor, an Evil Magician Ralph Herbert Kundry, an Enchantress Astrid Varnay Voice Claramae Turner First Knight Caesar Curzi Second Knight Yi-Kwei Sze First Esquire Uta Graf Second Esquire Herta Glaz Third Esquire Ernest Lawrence Fourth Esquire James Schwabacher First Flower Maiden Uta Graf Second Flower Maiden Yvonne Chauveau Third Flower Maiden Herta Glaz Fourth Flower Maiden Lois Hartzell Fifth Flower Maiden Joyce Stephens Sixth Flower Maiden Alice Ostrowsky Show Dates Sun, Oct 28 1951, 1pm Time and Place Middle Ages; Montsalvat, Spain Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- A Forest near Montsalvat Scene 2 -- Hall in Temple of Holy Grail Act II, Scene 1 -- Court of Klingsor's Castle Scene 2 -- Enchanted Garden of Klingsor's Castle Act III, Scene 1 -- Grounds of Montsalvat Scene 2 -- Same as Act I, Scene 2 Acknowledgements (see notes) Notes The curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but curtainb times