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 1970 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Bohumil Gregor Production Wieland Wagner Stage Director(s) Renate Ebermann Musical Preparation Irving Beckman Designs by Wieland Wagner Realized by Robert Darling Costumes executed by Neue Theaterkunst, Munich Cast Narraboth Glade Peterson Page Sheila Nadler Second Soldier Clifford Grant First Soldier Allan Monk Cappadocian Richard Lombardi Salomé Anja Silja Slave Shigemi Matsumoto Jochanaan Gerd Nienstedt Herod Ragnar Ulfung Herodias Sona Cervena Fourth Jew David Hall-Sundquist Second Jew Stephen Janzen First Jew Howard Fried Third Jew Raymond Manton Fifth Jew Richard Magary First Nazarene José van Dam Second Nazarene Timothy Nolen Show Dates Sat, Oct 24 1970, 8pm Tue, Oct 27 1970, 8:30pm Fri, Oct 30 1970, 8pm Time and Place Terrace of the palace of Herod, about 30 A.D. Media Image Ragnar Ulfung (Herod), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Ragnar Ulfung (Herod) Credit Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera Image Sona Cervena (Herodias), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Sona Cervena (Herodias) Credit Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1970_10_compressed.pdf (19.76 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. ---------------------
Image Ragnar Ulfung (Herod), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Ragnar Ulfung (Herod) Credit Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera
Image Sona Cervena (Herodias), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1970. Photographer: Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera. Sona Cervena (Herodias) Credit Margaret Norton/San Francisco Opera