Byström and Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the ROH

Malin Byström (Salome)

John Daszak (Herodes) and Malin Byström (Salome)

Jordan Shanahan (Jochanaan) and Malin Byström (Salome)

Simon Wilding (Soldier), John Daszak (Herodes) and Katarina Dalayman (Herodias)

Salome

By Roy Westbrook, 11 September 2022

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“this was as thrilling an account of the role as the house has heard in a while”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 9 September 2022

Strauss R., Salome

The Royal Opera

Alexander Soddy, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Es Devlin, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Wolfgang Göbbel, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

59 Productions, Video

Bárbara Lluch, Revival Director

Malin Byström, Salome

Jordan Shanahan, Jochanaan

Katarina Dalayman, Herodias

John Daszak, Herodes

Thomas Atkins, Narraboth

Annika Schlicht, Herodias' Page

Sarah Dufresne, A slave

Paul Curievici, 1st Jew

Michael J. Scott, 2nd Jew

Aled Hall, 3rd Jew

Alasdair Elliott, 4th Jew

Jeremy White, 5th Jew

James Platt, 1st Nazarene

Chuma Sijeqa, 2nd Nazarene

Simon Shibambu, 1st Soldier

Simon Wilding, 2nd Soldier

John Cunningham, Cappadocian

Andrew George, Choreography

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Malin Byström and Alexander Soddy lead superb Salome revival at the Royal Opera House