Royal Opera House: Salomé

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.

Directed by Jonathan Haswell

Top cast

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Nadja Michael

Salomé

Michael Volle

Jokanaan

Michaela Schuster

Herodias

Thomas Moser

Herod

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Joseph Kaiser

Narraboth

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Christian Sist

First soldier

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Alan Ewing

Second soldier

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Daniela Sindram

Herodias's page

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Vuyani Mlinde

A Cappadocian

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Pumeza Matshikiza

A slave

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Adrian Thompson

First Jew

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Martyn Hill

Second Jew

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Hubert Francis

Third Jew

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Park Ji-min

Fourth Jew

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Jeremy White

Fifth Jew

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Iain Paterson

First Nazarene

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Julian Tovey

Second Nazarene

Duncan Meadows

Naaman (Executioner)

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