
Salomé (Opéra de Paris) (2022)
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Oct 27, 2022 (FR)
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01:40
Salome, princess of Judea, the daughter‑in‑law of King Herod, finds life in her father‑in‑law’s palace dreary. Her curiosity is roused when she hears the voice of Jochanaan, a prophet held prisoner by Herod who is afraid of him. Obsessed by this enigmatic and virtuous man, Salome is ready to do anything to possess him, dead or alive. Drawing on Oscar Wilde’s scandalous play of the same name, in 1905 Richard Strauss produced the work that was to ensure his status as Wagner’s successor in the history of German opera. A dazzling hour and forty minutes, decadent in its very essence, which, for her debut at the Paris Opera, Lydia Steier treats as a dystopia in which amorality rules.
Featured Crew
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Writer
Writer
Music
Conductor
Stage Director
Cast

Elza van den Heever
Salomé

Karita Mattila
Herodias

Iain Paterson
Jochanaan

Tansel Akzeybek
Narraboth

John Daszak
Herodes

Katharina Magiera
Page of Herodias

Matthaus Schmidlechner
First Jew

Éric Huchet
Second Jew

Maciej Kwasnikowski
Third Jew

Mathias Vidal
Fourth Jew