Tristan and Isolde Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1949 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Tristan, a Cornish Knight, nephew of King Mark Set Svanholm Isolde, Princess of Ireland Kirsten Flagstad Brangäne, Isolde's friend and attendant Blanche Thebom King Mark of Cornwall Mihaly Szekely Kurwenal, Tristan's devoted servant Herbert Janssen Melot, one of King Mark's courtiers George Cehanovsky Shepherd Leslie Chabay Steersman John Ford Sailor's Voice Leslie Chabay Show Dates Fri, Oct 28 1949, 7:45pm 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