Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 9 December 1905 Conductor: Ernst von Schuch |
|---|---|---|
| Herodes, Tetrarch of Judaea and Perea | tenor | Karel Burian |
| Herodias, his wife (and sister-in-law) | mezzo-soprano | Irene von Chavanne |
| Salome, his stepdaughter (and niece) | soprano | Marie Wittich |
| Jochanaan (John the Baptist) | baritone | Karl Perron |
| Narraboth, Captain of the Guard | tenor | Rudolf Ferdinand Jäger |
| The Page of Herodias | contralto | Riza Eibenschütz |
| First Jew | tenor | Hans Rüdiger |
| Second Jew | tenor | Hans Saville |
| Third Jew | tenor | Grosch |
| Fourth Jew | tenor | Anton Erl |
| Fifth Jew | bass | Léon Rains |
| First Nazarene | bass | Theodor Kruis |
| Second Nazarene | tenor | Friedrich Plaschke |
| First soldier | bass | Franz Nebuschka |
| Second soldier | bass | Erwin |
| A Cappadocian | bass | Ernst Wachter |
| A slave | soprano/tenor | Maria Keldorfer |
| Royal guests (Egyptians and Romans), and entourage, servants, soldiers (all silent) | ||
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