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 1954 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Eugen Szenkar Stage Director(s) Paul Hager G.K.P. Projection System by Paul Planer Setting by Harry Horner Paul Hager Technical supervision Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr. Cast Salome, daughter of Herodias Inge Borkh Herod, Tetrarch of Judea Charles Kullman Herodias Claramae Turner Jochanaan, the Prophet Alexander Welitsch Narraboth, Captain of the Guard Brian Sullivan Page of Herodias Rosalind Nadell First Nazarene Desire Ligeti Second Nazarene Winther Andersen First Soldier George Cehanovsky Second Soldier Carl Palangi Cappadocian Harold Enns First Jew Caesar Curzi Second Jew Virginio Assandri Third Jew Alessio De Paolis Fourth Jew Lawrence Mason Fifth Jew Colin Harvey Slave Eileen Scott Show Dates Fri, Sep 24 1954, 8:30pm Thu, Oct 7 1954, 8:30pm Time and Place A.D. 30; Tiberias in Galilee Scenes A Great Terrace of the Palace of Herod Media Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1954. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Inge Borkh (Salome), Alexander Welitsch (Jochanaan) Credit Lackenbach Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1954_13_compressed.pdf (8.33 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part II of a double bill, with "The Portuguese Inn"
Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1954. Photographer: Robert Lackenbach/San Francisco Opera. Inge Borkh (Salome), Alexander Welitsch (Jochanaan) Credit Lackenbach