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 1968 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Horst Stein Production Wieland Wagner Stage Director(s) Renate Ebermann Designs by Wieland Wagner Realized by Robert Darling Costumers Neue Theaterkunst, Munich Cast Narraboth Nicholas Di Virgilio Page Sheila Nadler First Soldier Richard J. Clark Second Soldier Clifford Grant Cappadocian William Fleck Salomé Anja Silja Slave Shigemi Matsumoto Jochanaan Franz Mazura Herod Richard Lewis Herodias Sona Cervena First Jew Howard Fried Second Jew Robert Glover Third Jew Alan Crofoot Fourth Jew Vahan Khanzadian Fifth Jew Archie Drake First Nazarene Ara Berberian Second Nazarene Sean Barker Show Dates Fri, Nov 1 1968, 8pm Tue, Nov 5 1968, 8pm Sun, Nov 10 1968, 2pm Sat, Nov 16 1968, 8pm Time and Place Herod's palace Media Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Anja Silja (Salome), Nicholas di Virgilio (Naraboth) Credit Mason Jones Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Herod), Anja Silja (Salome) Credit Mason Jones Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Franz Mazura (Jochanan) Credit Norton Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Herod), Sona Cervena (Herodias) Credit Norton Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Anja Silja (Salome) Credit Unknown Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1968_11_compressed.pdf (16.18 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- New production
Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Anja Silja (Salome), Nicholas di Virgilio (Naraboth) Credit Mason Jones
Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Herod), Anja Silja (Salome) Credit Mason Jones
Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Franz Mazura (Jochanan) Credit Norton
Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Herod), Sona Cervena (Herodias) Credit Norton
Image Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1968. Photographer: Unknown/San Francisco Opera. Anja Silja (Salome) Credit Unknown