Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hedwig Lachmann Based On the play by Oscar Wilde Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1945 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Georges Sebastian Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Salome, daughter of Herodias Lily Djanel Herod, Tetrarch of Judea Frederick Jagel Herodias Margaret Harshaw Jochanaan, the Prophet Herbert Janssen Narraboth, Captain of the Guard John Garris Page of Herodias Herta Glaz First Nazarene Lorenzo Alvary Second Nazarene Robin Nelson First Soldier George Cehanovsky Second Soldier Robert Mills First Jew George Tallone Second Jew Herbert Nystrom Third Jew Alessio De Paolis Fourth Jew Joseph Tissier Fifth Jew Charles Goodwin Slave Elma Heitman Cappadocian W. Vernon Sanders Henchman Leo Galt Show Dates Tue, Oct 23 1945, 8pm Broadcast Tue, Oct 23 1945, 7am Live radio broadcast, full performance. Time and Place A.D. 30; Tiberias in Galilee Scenes A Great Terrace of the Palace of Herod Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1945_14_compressed.pdf (7.92 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "L'Heure Espagnole" 10/23/1945, live radio broadcast, full performance, 10:00 to approximately 11:25 p.m.