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Royal Opera House: Salomé

(2008)

February 28, 2008 1h 51m
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Overview

David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has suggestions of Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy that is conjured by an international cast led by Nadja Michael in the title role.

Jonathan Haswell

Director

Top Billed Cast

NM

Nadja Michael

Salomé

MV

Michael Volle

Jokanaan

MS

Michaela Schuster

Herodias

TM

Thomas Moser

Herod

JK

Joseph Kaiser

Narraboth

CS

Christian Sist

First soldier

AE

Alan Ewing

Second soldier

DS

Daniela Sindram

Herodias's page

VM

Vuyani Mlinde

A Cappadocian

PM

Pumeza Matshikiza

A slave

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