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Salome stoked to red heat by Byström, Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic in Edinburgh

Malin Byström
© Andrew Penny
Malin Byström and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
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Salome curtain call
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“Byström’s colossal performance as the insatiable anti-heroine was haunting”
Reviewed at Usher Hall, Edinburgh on 14 August 2022
Strauss R., Salome (Concert performance)
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Malin Byström, Salome
Johan Reuter, Jochanaan
Katarina Dalayman, Herodias
Gerhard Siegel, Herodes
Bror Magnus Tødenes, Narraboth
Hanna Hipp, Herodias' Page
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