Tristan and Isolde Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1939 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor Edwin McArthur Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Master William Tyroler 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(10/20) Herta Glaz(11/2) King Mark of Cornwall Alexander Kipnis Kurwenal, Tristan's devoted servant Julius Huehn Melot, one of King Mark's courtiers George Cehanovsky Shepherd Ludovico Oliviero Steersman Louis D'Angelo Sailor's Voice Leslie George Show Dates Fri, Oct 20 1939, 7:45pm Thu, Nov 2 1939, 7:45pm Broadcast Fri, Oct 20 1939, 7am Live broadcast, Act I. Time and Place Legendary Media Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Gaetano Merola (General Director), Etienne Barone (Stage Manager), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Unknown, Julius Huehn (Kurwenal) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Juliue Huehn (Kurwenal), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kathryn Meisle (Brangane), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Men Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Kathryn Meisle (Brangane) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kathryn Meisle (Brangane), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Julius Huehn (Kurwenal) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1939_12_compressed.pdf (8.46 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------10/20/1939, live broadcast, Act I: "Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Kathryn Meisle (Brangäne), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan); Edwin McArthur." The performance of November 2, not in the original schedule, was added during the season.
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Gaetano Merola (General Director), Etienne Barone (Stage Manager), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Unknown, Julius Huehn (Kurwenal) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Juliue Huehn (Kurwenal), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kathryn Meisle (Brangane), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Chorus Men Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Kathryn Meisle (Brangane) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Kathryn Meisle (Brangane), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan) Credit Morton
Image Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner. San Francisco Opera, 1939. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Julius Huehn (Kurwenal) Credit Morton