Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hedwig Lachmann Based On the play by Oscar Wilde Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1950 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Paul Breisach Stage Director(s) William Wymetal Technical Director Armando Agnini Setting designed by Armando Agnini Cast Salome, daughter of Herodias Brenda Lewis Herod, Tetrarch of Judea Frederick Jagel Herodias Claramae Turner Jochanaan, the Prophet Sigurd Bjoerling Narraboth, Captain of the Guard Walter Fredericks Page of Herodias Herta Glaz First Nazarene Desire Ligeti Second Nazarene Arthur Peters First Soldier George Cehanovsky Second Soldier John Ford First Jew Hubert Norville Second Jew Caesar Curzi Third Jew Alessio De Paolis Fourth Jew James Schwabacher Fifth Jew Yi-Kwei Sze Slave Eileen Baldwin Cappadocian Robin Nelson Henchman Allan Louw Show Dates Thu, Nov 9 1950, 8pm Time and Place A.D. 30; Tiberias in Galilee Scenes Scene: A Great Terrace of the Palace of Herod Legacy Commission Part II of a double bill, with "Suor Angelica" Notes Setting constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association