With a good deal of help from the cher public, La Cieca has corrected the casting infomation on this week’s repeat of Unnatural Acts of Opera‘s podcast of Salome, which in fact stars none other then Leonie Rysanek.

Salome: Leonie Rysanek; Jochanaan: Siegmund Nimsgern; Herodes: Hans Hopf; Herodias: Astrid Varnay; Narraboth: William Neill; Ein Page: Edna Garabedian; Erster Nazarener: Philip Booth; Zweiter Nazarener: Lawrence Cooper; Erster Soldat: Terrence Hawkins; Zweiter Soldat: James Courtney; Erster Jude: Gary Burgess; Zweiter Jude: William Harness; Dritter Jude: Raymond Manton; Vierter Jude: Joseph Frank; Fünfter Jude: Richard Magary; Ein Cappadocier: John Miller; Ein Sklave: Janice Felty. Otmar Suitner, conductor; 04 October 1974.

And now, that “missing” Birgit Nilsson performance!

Narraboth: George Shirley; Jokanaan: Norman Bailey; Salome: Birgit Nilsson; Herodes: Ragnar Ulfung; Herodias: Ruth Hesse; Page: Sandra Walker. Carnegie Hall, New York. December 18, 1974. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti.