Psychopathia Sexualis: Barrie Koskys Salome an der Oper Frankfurt

By Alexandra Richter, 06 March 2020

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“die Oper wird zum Varieté der Grausamkeiten und sexuellen Perversionen”

Reviewed at Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main on 5 March 2020

Strauss R., Salome

Oper Frankfurt

Joana Mallwitz, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Katrin Lea Tag, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Ambur Braid, Salome

Christopher Maltman, Jochanaan

AJ Glueckert, Herodes

Claudia Mahnke, Herodias

Gerard Schneider, Narraboth

Thomas Faulkner, 1st Nazarene

Danylo Matviienko, 2nd Nazarene

Dietrich Volle, 1st Soldier

Theo Lebow, 1st Jew

Michael McCown, 2nd Jew

Jaeil Kim, 3rd Jew

Jonathan Abernethy, 4th Jew

Alfred Reiter, 5th Jew

Katharina Magiera, Herodias' Page

Joachim Klein, Lighting Designer

Zsolt Horpácsy, Dramaturgy

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Alexandra Richter

Alexandra hat Medienwissenschaften studiert und arbeitet als Filmproduzentin in Frankfurt. Tagsüber sind die Kunstausstellungen und Museen ganz Europas ihr zu Hause. Die Abende verbringt sie gern in der Oper und im Konzertsaal. Hier liegen ihre Schwerpunkte bei Romantischen Komponist*innen, wie Schubert und Wagner. Aber auch zeitgenössische und moderne Musik finden immer wieder Beachtung.