Notes: | Opera in one act. "Based on the play by Oscar Wilde; German translation by Hedwig Lachmann." Originally produced in 1974. Program notes by Götz Friedrich and synopsis in German with English and French translations (28 p. : ill. (some col.)) inserted in container. Set design, Gerd Staub ; costume design, Jan Skalicky ; choreography, Robert Cohan ; director of photography, Wolfgang Treu ; film editor, Gudrun Mockert-Keyser ; executive producer, Fritz Buttenstedt. Teresa Stratas (Salomé) ; Astrid Varnay (Herodias) ; Hans Beirer (Herodes) ; Bernd Weikl (Jochanaan) ; Wiesław Ochman, Hanna Schwarz, Friedrich Lenz, Ewald Aichberger, Kurt Equiluz, Karl Terkal, Alois Pernerstorfer, Heinz Klaus Ecker, Norbert Heidgen, Reinhold Möser, Wolfgang Probst, Nikolaus Hillebrand, supporting soloists ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Karl Böhm, conductor. Filmed July-August, 1974, Vienna, Atelier Wien-Film. DVD video; NTSC; 4:3 aspect ratio; PCM stereo., DTS 5.1. Sung in German; with German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles.
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