Composer Richard Strauss Librettist Hedwig Lachmann Based On the play by Oscar Wilde Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue Civic Auditorium Season 1930 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage and technical director Armando Agnini Cast Salome, daughter of Herodias Maria Jeritza Herodias, wife of Herod Dorothee Manski Herod, Tetrarch of Judea Sydney Rayner Jochanaan, the Prophet John Charles Thomas Narraboth, Captain of the Guard Johann Riedel Page of Herodias Eva Gruninger First Soldier Louis D'Angelo Second Soldier Eugenio Sandrini First Nazarene Tudor Williams Second Nazarene Russell Horton First Jew Giordano Paltrinieri Second Jew Ludovico Oliviero Third Jew Nullo Caravacci Fourth Jew Dan Steger Fifth Jew Millo Picco Show Dates Fri, Sep 12 1930, 8:45pm Sat, Sep 27 1930, 2:30pm Time and Place Palace of Herod, A.D. 30 Scenes A great terrace at the Palace of Herod Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1930_11_compressed.pdf (8.47 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------