Tannhauser Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Seattle, WA Venue Seattle Civic Auditorium Season 1941 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Erich Leinsdorf Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Master Giacomo Spadoni Choreographer Willam Christensen Cast Tannhäuser, a minstrel knight Lauritz Melchior Elisabeth, niece of Hermann Stella Roman Venus Karin Branzell Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia Lorenzo Alvary Wolfram Julius Huehn Walther Ernest Schoen Biterolf Jerome Hines Heinrich Karl Laufkötter Reinmar Serafim Strelkoff Young Shepherd Christina Carroll Page Wilma Spence Christina Carroll Alice Avakian Jeanette Hopkins Principal Dancer(s) Janet Reed Show Dates Wed, Oct 8 1941, 8pm 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 Notes Corps de Ballet