Ring; Siegfried Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1972 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Otmar Suitner Production Paul Hager Designer Wolfram Skalicki Production assistance Ghita Hager Jacques Karpo Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Cast Mime Wolf Appel Siegfried Jess Thomas Wanderer (Wotan) Thomas Stewart Alberich Marius Rintzler Fafner Philip Booth Forest Bird Claudia Cummings Erda Margarita Lilova Brünnhilde Berit Lindholm(10/10,22) Birgit Nilsson(11/1) Show Dates Tue, Oct 10 1972, 7pm Sun, Oct 22 1972, 2pm Wed, Nov 1 1972, 7pm Broadcast Tue, Oct 10 1972, 8am 10/10/1972, live broadcast, KKHI. Time and Place (not specified) Scenes Act I -- Mime's cavern in the forest Act II -- Fafner's cave in the forest Act III, Scene 1 -- A mountain gorge Scene 2 -- Summit of a mountain Media Image Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Wotan/the Wanderer) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera Image Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Wolf Appel (Mime), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Wolf Appel (Mime) and Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Berit Lindholm (Brünnhilde), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Berit Lindholm (Brunnhilde) and Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Image Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Berit Lindholm (Brünnhilde), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried) and Berit Lindholm (Brunnhilde) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1972_10_compressed.pdf (22.19 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- 10/10/1972, live broadcast, KKHI. Intermission#1 interview Jess Thomas (guest), #2 feature tape, subject not given. Reduced orchestration by Gotthold Lessing
Image Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Stewart (Wotan/the Wanderer) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera
Image Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Wolf Appel (Mime), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Wolf Appel (Mime) and Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Berit Lindholm (Brünnhilde), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Berit Lindholm (Brunnhilde) and Jess Thomas (Siegfried) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera
Image Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Berit Lindholm (Brünnhilde), Siegfried, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1972. Photographer: Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera. Jess Thomas (Siegfried) and Berit Lindholm (Brunnhilde) Credit Ken Howard/San Francisco Opera