A king who desires his wild and wilful step-daughter. Her erotic fascination with a condemned prophet. Salome is a study in obsessions, with lust and death at every turn.
Based on Oscar Wilde’s play, Strauss’s landmark opera was greeted with shock, horror, excitement, awe, respect, censorship, scandal, condemnation - just the kind of responses that fill theatres and cinemas to this day. The music, sweet, sour, erotic, often dizzily thrilling, has not been blunted by time. This is no overture. A rising arpeggio on the clarinet launches Narraboth into his rapturous vision of Salome and, from there to the end, there is let-up in the intensity and tension of the score. Composed in 1905, Salome is still one of the wildest and most rewarding rides - at times of overwhelming intensity - to experience, and one of the most challenging in the repertoire for the lead soprano. Sinéad Campbell Wallace singing the title role, complete with its 20-minute final aria that moves from animal frenzy to demented erotic yearning. Irish National Opera’s acclaimed new production is directed by Bruno Ravella and conducted by Fergus Sheil.
Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 19 April 2024 at 19:00 CET to 19 October 2024 at 12:00 CET: operavision.eu...
CAST
Salome
Sinéad Campbell Wallace
Herodes
Vincent Wolfsteiner
Herodias
Imelda Drumm
Jochanaan
Tómas Tómasson
Narraboth
Alex McKissick
The Page of Herodias
Doreen Curran
Soldiers
Julian Close
Lukas Jakobski
Jews
Christopher Bowen
Andrew Masterson
William Pearson
Aaron O'Hare
Eoghan Desmond
Nazarenes
Wyn Pencarreg
Eoin Foran
Cappadocian
Kevin Neville
Slave
Leanne Fitzgerald
Orchestra
Irish National Opera Orchestra
Music
Richard Strauss
Text
Hedwig Lachmann
Conductor
Fergus Sheil
Director
Bruno Ravella
Sets & Costumes
Leslie Travers
Light
Ciarán Bagnall
Choreography
Liz Roche
Assistant Director
Chris Kelly
Répétiteur & Language Coach
Mark Lawson
Assistant Conductor
Elaine Kelly
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16 окт 2024