Salomé
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.
Top Billed Cast
Nadja Michael
Salomé
Michael Volle
Jokanaan
Michaela Schuster
Herodias
Thomas Moser
Herod
Joseph Kaiser
Narraboth
Featured Crew
Richard Strauss
Original Music Composer
Oscar Wilde
Original Story
Hedwig Lachmann
Writer
Philippe Jordan
Music Director
Jonathan Haswell
Director
David McVicar
Stage Director
Es Devlin
Set Designer
Es Devlin
Costume Designer
Wolfgang Göbbel
Lighting Design
Andrew George
Choreographer
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