Composer
Librettist
Based On
the play by Oscar Wilde
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1950
Language
German
Commission
German translation by Hedwig Lachmann
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
Technical Director
Setting designed by
Cast
Salome, daughter of Herodias
Herod, Tetrarch of Judea
Herodias
Jochanaan, the Prophet
Sigurd Bjoerling(10/20)
Ralph Herbert(10/26)
Narraboth, Captain of the Guard
Page of Herodias
First Nazarene
Second Nazarene
First Soldier
Second Soldier
First Jew
Second Jew
Third Jew
Fourth Jew
Fifth Jew
Slave
Cappadocian
Henchman
Show Dates
Time and Place
A.D. 30; Tiberias in Galilee
Scenes
Scene: A Great Terrace of the Palace of Herod
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1950_11_compressed.pdf
(6.66 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Part II of a double bill, with "Suor Angelica"
Setting constructed in the studios of the San Francisco Opera Association
ACKNOWLEDGMENT We again acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generously donated use of the Emporium auditorium and facilities for chorus rehearsals this year which meant both a great convenience and a substantial saving to the Opera Company.
We also desire to express our deep gratitude to Miss Alice Hager for her splendid gift of French period furniture. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION