Salome

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

Notes

10/4/1974, live broadcast, KKHI.

Translated into German by Hedwig Lachmann