Hérodiade (Herodias / 1909 Fuente / @1881 Massenet), New York production (opera)

Hérodiade (1909) is a stage production, the New York premiere of Hérodiade (Herodias / 1881 Massenet / Milliet, Grémont), opera.

Abstract

The first American production of Massenet's opera was at the New Orleans Opera in 1892. It was revived in New York at the Manhattan Opera House on 8 November 1909. In January of the same year the Manhattan Opera had staged a celebrated production of Richard Strauss's Salome. Manhattan Opera capitalized on the "Salomania" of those years, taking advantage of the fact that their rivals of the Metropolitan Opera had banned any Salome performances. The new production was also presented in Philadelphia.

Cast (New York, 8 November 1909)

• Lina Cavalieri = Salome
• Jeanne Gerville-Réache = Herodias
• Charles Dalmores = John the Baptist
• Maurice Renaud = Herod Antipas

• de la Fuente, conductor

Production

Premiered in New York, NY: Manhattan Opera Theatre, 9 November 1909.