Regents Opera’s Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall

Kirsty Taylor-Stokes (Salome)

Freddie Tong (Jochanaan) and Kirsty Taylor-Stokes (Salome)

Kirsty Taylor-Stokes (Salome)

Robin Whitehouse (Herodes), Mae Heydorn (Herodias) and Kirsty Taylor-Stokes (Salome)

By Mark Pullinger, 11 April 2026

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“for a fringe outfit, Regents Opera punches above its weight”

Reviewed at York Hall, London on 10 April 2026

Strauss R., Salome

Regents Opera

Ben Woodward, Conductor

Guy Murgatroyd, Conductor

Mark Ravenhill, Director

Hannah Schmidt, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Azusa Ono, Lighting Designer

Eleanor Strutt, Director

Kirsty Taylor-Stokes, Salome

Robin Whitehouse, Herodes

Mae Heydorn, Herodias

Freddie Tong, Jochanaan

James Schouten, Narraboth

Jessica Ouston, Herodias' Page

Felix Kemp, 1st Nazarene, 1st Soldier

Jacob Bettinelli, 2nd Soldier

Davide Basso, 1st Jew

John Upperton, 2nd Jew

Jonathan Finney, 3rd Jew

Dominick Felix, 4th Jew

Andrew Tinkler, 5th Jew

Gerard Delrez, Cappadocian

Annabel Bigland, A slave

Adam Sullivan, 2nd Nazarene

Adam Smith, Production Manager

CJ Heaver, Producer

Aletta Collins, Choreography

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Seconds out! Regents Opera's Salome lands a knockout punch at York Hall