Event listing: Salome | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Event is in the past

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Henrik Nánási	Conductor
Sir David McVicar	Director
Es Devlin	Set Designer, Costume Designer
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Malin Byström	Soprano	Salome
Michael Volle	Baritone	Jochanaan
Michaela Schuster	Mezzo-soprano	Herodias
John Daszak	Tenor	Herodes
David Butt Philip	Tenor	Narraboth
Christina Bock	Mezzo-soprano	Herodias' Page
Dietmar Kerschbaum	Tenor	1st Jew
Paul Curievici	Tenor	2nd Jew
Hubert Francis	Tenor	3rd Jew
Konu Kim	Tenor	4th Jew
Jeremy White	Bass	5th Jew
Kihwan Sim	Bass	1st Nazarene
Dominic Sedgwick	Baritone	2nd Nazarene

Reviews of Salome, Op.54 directed by Sir David McVicar

*****

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, September 2022

****1

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, May 2012

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, July 2010

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Salome: the greatest Strauss tone poem?

Erica Miner, 24th April

A look at the succès de scandale that was Strauss first operatic hit, Salome, placing it in the context of his early tone poems Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration.

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The Beauty is the Beast: Malin Byström sings a chilling Salome

David Karlin, 8th January

Henrik Nánási balances the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House to perfection, setting the stage for a memorable title role performance from Byström and a powerful Jochanaan from Michael Volle.

****1