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 1974 Language German Commission German translation by Hedwig Lachmann Creative/Crew Conductor Otmar Suitner Stage Director(s) Nikolaus Lehnhoff Sets and costumes after designs by Wieland Wagner Realized by Robert Darling Lighting Designer Robert Brand Musical Preparation Philip Eisenberg Costumes executed by Neue Theaterkunst, Munich Grace Costumes, Inc., New York Cast Narraboth William Neill Page Edna Garabedian First Soldier Terrence Hawkins Second Soldier James Courtney Cappadocian John Miller Salomé Leonie Rysanek Slave Janice Felty Jochanaan Siegmund Nimsgern Herod Hans Hopf Herodias Astrid Varnay First Jew Gary Burgess Second Jew William Harness Third Jew Raymond Manton Fourth Jew Joseph Frank Fifth Jew Richard Magary First Nazarene Philip Booth Second Nazarene Lawrence Cooper Show Dates Sun, Sep 22 1974, 2pm Sat, Sep 28 1974, 8pm Tue, Oct 1 1974, 8pm Fri, Oct 4 1974, 8pm Sat, Oct 12 1974, 8pm Broadcast Fri, Oct 4 1974, 8am 10/4/1974, live broadcast, KKHI. Time and Place Terrace of the palace of Herod, about 30 A.D. Media Image Leonie Rysanek (Salome), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Leonie Rysanek (Salome) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Astrid Varnay (Herodias), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Astrid Varnay (Herodias) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Hans Hopf (Herod), Ensemble, Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Hans Hopf (Herod) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Leonie Rysanek (Salome), Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Leonie Rysanek (Salome) and Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Image Ensemble, Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. The cistern in Herod's palace Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera Notes 10/4/1974, live broadcast, KKHI. Translated into German by Hedwig Lachmann
Image Leonie Rysanek (Salome), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Leonie Rysanek (Salome) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Astrid Varnay (Herodias), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Astrid Varnay (Herodias) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Hans Hopf (Herod), Ensemble, Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Hans Hopf (Herod) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Leonie Rysanek (Salome), Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan), Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. Leonie Rysanek (Salome) and Siegmund Nimsgern (Jochanaan) Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera
Image Ensemble, Salome, Richard Strauss. San Francisco Opera, 1974. Photographer: Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera. The cistern in Herod's palace Credit Ron Scherl/San Francisco Opera