CEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE

Keller employed a contemporary setting for this biblical story, stating “I do feel strongly that although perfunctorily set in the time of Herod Antipas, this is truly a 20th century musical and dramatic work that speaks directly to our modern world of luxury and indulgence, where faith seems to be in constant crisis.”

—Opera America

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Conductor: Daniel Kleinknecht

Sets: Scott Olinger

Lighting: Chris Tuzicka

Costumes: Renee Bell

Choreography: Eloy Barragan

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Salome: Amy Johnson

Herod: Jeffrey Dowd

Herodias: Katherine Goeldner

Narraboth: Jared Rogers

Jochanaan: Mark Schnaible

Page: Kelly Hill

Cappadocian: Jacob Lassetter

Slave: Elizabeth Stoner

1st Soldier: John Muriello

2nd Soldier: Stephen Fish

1st Jew: Andrew Stenson

2nd Jew: Jeff Birch

3rd Jew: Marc Schapman

4th Jew: Ben Gulley

5th Jew: Cody Medina

1st Nazarene: Jonathan Stinson

2nd Nazarene: Timothy Bostwich

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Gallager Bluedorn Performing Arts Center

Cedar Falls, IA

January 15, 17 2010

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Photos: from the HD broadcast for Iowa Public TV