Salome (opera)

Salome is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a

Characters

• Principal roles
• Herodes, Tetrarch of Judaea (tenor)
• Herodias, his wife (mezzo-soprano)
• Salome, his stepdaughter (soprano)
• Jochanaan, the prophet (baritone)
• Minor roles
• Narraboth, Captain of the Guard (tenor)
• The Page of Herodias (contralto)
• Five Jews (4 tenors and 1 bass)
• Two Nazarenes (bass and tenor)
• Two Soldiers (2 basses)
• Other
• A Cappadocian (bass)
• A Slave (soprano or tenor)
• Royal guests, Egyptians, Romans, servants, soldiers (mute)