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  • Richard Strauss, Salome, Op. 54

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Strauss's Salome Lydia Steier (stage director), Simone Young (conductor) — With Elza van den Heever (Salomé), John Daszak (Herodes), Karita Mattila (Herodias), Iain Paterson (Jochanaan)...

Lydia Steier (stage director), Simone Young (conductor) — With Elza van den Heever (Salomé), John Daszak (Herodes), Karita Mattila (Herodias), Iain Paterson (Jochanaan)...

Strauss's Salome Lydia Steier (stage director), Simone Young (conductor) — With Elza van den Heever (Salomé), John Daszak (Herodes), Karita Mattila (Herodias), Iain Paterson (Jochanaan)...

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The first performance of Richard Strauss's Salome, which took place in 1905 in Dresden, was a thunderous triumph despite the many difficulties involved in bringing the work to the stage. The provocative lyric drama, based on the play by Oscar Wilde, met with 38 curtain calls by the enraptured audience, firmly establishing Strauss's genius as an operatic composer and innovator.

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Cast

  • Lydia Steier | Stage director
  • Momme Hinrichs | Stage design, Video designer
  • Andy Besuch | Costume designer
  • Olaf Freese | Lighting designer
  • Maurice Lenhard | Dramaturgy
  • Elza van den Heever | Salomé
  • John Daszak | Herodes
  • Karita Mattila | Herodias
  • Iain Paterson | Jochanaan
  • Tansel Akzeybek | Narraboth
  • Katharina Magiera | Page der Herodias
  • Matthäus Schmidlechner | Erster Jude
  • Éric Huchet | Zweiter Jude
  • Maciej Kwaśnikowski | Dritter Jude
  • Mathias Vidal | Vierter Jude
  • Sava Vemić | Fünfter Jude
  • Luke Stoker | Erster Nazarener
  • Yiorgo Ioannou | Zweiter Nazarener
  • Dominic Barberi | Erster Soldat
  • Bastian Thomas Kohl | Zweiter Soldat
  • Alejandro Baliñas Vieites | Ein Cappadocier
  • Marion Grange | Ein Sklave
  • Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris | Orchestra
  • Simone Young | Conductor

Program

  • Richard Strauss, Salome, Op. 54

Details

  • Directed by:
    • François-René Martin
  • Production date: 2022
  • Duration: 1 h 49 min
  • Production: © Opéra national de Paris – Telmondis
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