Tristan and Isolde Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1947 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Tristan, a Cornish Knight, nephew of King Mark Set Svanholm Isolde, Princess of Ireland Helen Traubel Brangäne, Isolde's friend and attendant Herta Glaz King Mark of Cornwall Lorenzo Alvary Kurwenal, Tristan's devoted servant George Czaplicki Melot, one of King Mark's courtiers Walter Olitzki Shepherd Leslie Chabay Steersman Desire Ligeti Sailor's Voice Leslie Chabay Show Dates Sun, Nov 2 1947, 1:30pm 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