Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1948 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Technical Director Armando Agnini Cast Siegfried Set Svanholm Brünnhilde Astrid Varnay Wanderer (Wotan) Herbert Janssen Alberich Walter Olitzki Mime John Garris Fafner Desire Ligeti Erda Eula Beal Forest Bird Lois Hartzell Show Dates Wed, Oct 27 1948, 7:30pm Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I -- A Forest, at One Side a Cave Act II -- The Dragon's Cave in the Forest Act III, Scene 1 -- The Foot of a Rocky Mountain Scene 2 -- The Rock of the Valkyries