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.

Cast

Nadja Michael

Nadja Michael

as Salomé

Michael Volle

Michael Volle

as Jokanaan

Michaela Schuster

Michaela Schuster

as Herodias

Thomas Moser

Thomas Moser

as Herod

Joseph Kaiser

Joseph Kaiser

as Narraboth

Christian Sist

Christian Sist

as First soldier

Alan Ewing

Alan Ewing

as Second soldier

Daniela Sindram

Daniela Sindram

as Herodias's page

Vuyani Mlinde

Vuyani Mlinde

as A Cappadocian

Pumeza Matshikiza

Pumeza Matshikiza

as A slave

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