Barbican HallSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8DS, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) | Salome (concert performance with surtitles) |
Performers
| Sir Antonio Pappano | Conductor | |
| London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| London Symphony Chorus | ||
| Asmik Grigorian | Soprano | Salome |
| Michael Volle | Baritone | Jochanaan |
| Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke | Tenor | Herodes |
| Violeta Urmana | Mezzo-soprano | Herodias |
| John Findon | Tenor | Narraboth |
| Niamh O'Sullivan | Mezzo-soprano | Herodias' Page |
| James Kryshak | Tenor | 1st Jew |
| Michael J. Scott | Tenor | 2nd Jew |
| Aled Hall | Tenor | 3rd Jew |
| Oliver Johnston | Tenor | 4th Jew |
| Jeremy White | Bass | 5th Jew |
| Liam James Karai | Baritone | 1st Nazarene |
| Alex Otterburn | Baritone | 2nd Nazarene |
| Barnaby Rea | Bass | 1st Soldier |
| William Thomas | Bass | 2nd Soldier |
| Hannah McKay | Soprano | A slave |
| Redmond Sanders | Baritone | Cappadocian |
The story of Salome has fascinated artists, writer and painters for centuries. Richard Strauss’s version of this anti-heroine comes from a drama by Oscar Wilde. Both play and opera scandalised society, and even today the opera has a visceral power with its combination of lust, religion and disturbingly gory ‘love-song’, and its sensuous, shocking music.