Salomé = Hérodiade (Herodias / 1904 Lohse / @ 1881 Massenet), London production (opera)

Hérodiade (1904) is a stage production of Hérodiade (Herodias / 1881 Massenet / Milliet, Grémont), opera. Conducted by Otto Lohse.

Abstract

First London performance of Massenet's Herodiade (in French). In order to satisfy the censor, the title of the opera, the names of the characters and the libretto were altered to avoid any reference to John the Baptist, and the setting was changed from Jerusalem to Ethiopia.

Cast

• Emma Calvé = Salome
• Kirkby Lunn = Herodias
• Charles Dalmores = John the Baptist
• Maurice Renaud = Herod Antipas

• Otto Lohse, conductor

Production

Premiered in London, England: Covent Garden, 6 July 1904.