Richard Strauss Salome
Musical drama in one act (1905)
Libretto by the composer, based on the Oscar Wilde´s play Salomé (1893) in a German translation by Hedwig Lachmann
PREMIERE
- 12 August 1978, 19:00
- 16 August 1978, 19:00
- 26 August 1978, 19:00
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Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Herbert von Karajan, Stage director
Günther Schneider-Siemssen, Stage sets
Georges Wakhevitch, Costumes
Heidrun Schwaarz, Choreography
Karl Walter Böhm, Herodes
Agnes Baltsa, Herodias
Hildegard Behrens, Salome
José van Dam, Jochanaan
Wiesław Ochman, Narraboth
Rohangiz Yachmi, A Page of Herodias
Horst Nitsche, Slave
Gerhard Stolze, First Jew
Horst Nitsche, Second Jew
Martin Vantin, Third Jew
Gerhard Unger, Forth Jew
Erich Kunz, Fifth Jew
Jules Bastin, First Nazarene
Dieter Ellenbeck, Second Nazarene
Gerd Nienstedt, First Soldier
Kurt Rydl, Second Soldier
Helge von Bömches, Cappadocier
Vienna Philharmonic