Enfant terrible: Dmitri Tcherniakovs Salome an der Staatsoper Hamburg

Asmik Grigorian (Salome)

Salome

Asmik Grigorian (Salome)

Asmik Grigorian (Salome) und Kyle Ketelsen (Jochanaan)

By Alexandra Richter, 15 November 2023

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“diese Salome bleibt in ihrer Gesamtheit jedoch zu zurückhaltend, gar trivial”

Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 12 November 2023

Strauss R., Salome

Staatsoper Hamburg

Kent Nagano, Conductor

Dmitri Tcherniakov, Director, Set Designer

Elena Zaytseva, Costume Designer

Gleb Filshtinsky, Lighting Designer

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Asmik Grigorian, Salome

John Daszak, Herodes

Violeta Urmana, Herodias

Kyle Ketelsen, Jochanaan

Oleksiy Palchykov, Narraboth

Jana Kurucová, Herodias' Page

Alexander Roslavets, 1st Nazarene

Nicholas Mogg, 2nd Nazarene

David Minseok Kang, 1st Soldier

Liam James Karai, 2nd Soldier

James Kryshak, 1st Jew

Florian Panzieri, 2nd Jew

Daniel Kluge, 3rd Jew

Andrew Dickinson, 4th Jew

Hubert Kowalczyk, 5th Jew

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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.