Tannhauser Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1941 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Cast Tannhäuser, a minstrel knight Lauritz Melchior Elisabeth, niece of Hermann Stella Roman Venus Karin Branzell Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia Alexander Kipnis Wolfram Julius Huehn Walther Paul Walti Biterolf Jerome Hines Heinrich Anthony Marlowe Reinmar Serafim Strelkoff Young Shepherd Marion Bell Page Wilma Spence Vernona Steele Alice Avakian Jeanette Hopkins Principal Dancer(s) Janet Reed Show Dates Sun, Nov 9 1941, 2pm Time and Place Beginning of the Thirteenth Century; Vicinity of Eisenach Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- Within the Hill of Venus Scene 2 -- The Valley of Wartburg Act II -- The Great Hall of Song, Castle of Wartburg Act III -- Same as Act I, Scene 2 Dancers San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet