Tristan and Isolde Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1950 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Jonel Perlea Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Technical Director Armando Agnini Cast Tristan, a Cornish Knight, nephew of King Mark Ramon Vinay Isolde, Princess of Ireland Kirsten Flagstad Brangäne, Isolde's friend and attendant Herta Glaz King Mark of Cornwall Dezso Ernster Kurwenal, Tristan's devoted servant Sigurd Bjoerling Melot, one of King Mark's courtiers George Cehanovsky Shepherd Hubert Norville Steersman John Ford Sailor's Voice James Schwabacher Show Dates Thu, Nov 2 1950, 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 Notes Curtain time is a guess; records preserved everything but the curtain times.