Tristan and Isolde Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1937 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Fritz Reiner Settings designed by Armando Agnini Cast Tristan, a Cornish Knight, nephew of King Mark Lauritz Melchior Isolde, Princess of Ireland Kirsten Flagstad Brangäne, Isolde's friend and attendant Kathryn Meisle King Mark of Cornwall Emanuel List Kurvenal, Tristan's devoted servant Julius Huehn Melot, one of King Mark's courtiers George Cehanovsky Shepherd; Sailor's Voice Hans Clemens Steersman Norman Cordon Show Dates Mon, Nov 15 1937, 7:45pm Broadcast Mon, Nov 15 1937, 7am Live broadcast, Act II. Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I -- On board a Vessel nearing the Cornish Coast Act II -- Garden before Isolde's Castle; Summer Night Act III -- Garden of Tristan's Estate in Brittany Notes 11/15/1937, live broadcast, Act II.