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An opera in four acts
Libretto by P. Milliet and H. Gremont
Music by Massenet
(sung in French)

Scene: Jerusalem in A.D. 30
Act 1
An inner court of Herod's palace in Jerusalem
Act 2
Herod's apartment

(Recording of a performance broadcast in Holland: made available by courtesy of Stichting Nederlandsche Radio-Unie)
(Erw Mason writes on page 6)

Contributors

Librettist:
P. Milliet
Librettist:
H. Gremont
Composer:
[Jules] Massenet
Musicians:
Chorus and Orchestra of VARA, Hilversum
Conductor:
Albert Wolff
John the Prophet:
Guy Fouche
Herod, King of Galilee:
Charles Cambon
Phanuel, a Chaldean:
Germain Ghislain
Vitellius, Roman Proconsul:
Jos Burcksen
The High Priest:
Germain Ghislain
A Voice in the Temple:
Cornelius Kalkman
Salome:
Andrea Gulot
Herodias, wife of Herod:
Mimi Aarden
A Babylonian slave:
Mimi Aarden

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