Stikhina and Smoriginas shine in Zurich Salome

Elena Stikhina (Salome)

Alexander Fritze, Valeriy Murga, Mauro Peter (Narraboth), Siena Licht Miller (Page), Henri Bernard

Kostas Smoriginas (Jochanaan) and Elena Stikhina (Salome)

Elena Stikhina (Salome)

By Elodie Olson-Coons, 19 January 2023

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“she appears both stricken and proud, impressively unexhausted, on the cusp of revelation”

Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 17 January 2023

Strauss R., Salome

Zurich Opera

Erik Nielsen, Conductor

Andreas Homoki, Director

Hartmut Meyer, Set Designer

Mechthild Seipel, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Orchester der Oper Zürich

Claus Spahn, Dramaturgy

Elena Stikhina, Salome

Kostas Smoriginas, Jochanaan

John Daszak, Herodes

Dalia Schaechter, Herodias

Mauro Peter, Narraboth

Siena Licht Miller, Herodias' Page, A slave

Nathan Haller, 1st Jew

Fabio Dorizzi, 1st Jew

Christian Sturm, 1st Jew

Thomas Erlank, 2nd Jew

Rafael Alejandro Del Angel Garcia, 2nd Jew

Xuenan Liu, 2nd Jew

Martin Zysset, 3rd Jew

Andrejs Krutojs, 3rd Jew

Andrew Owens, 4th Jew

Tristan Blanchet, 4th Jew

Christian Valle, 5th Jew

Andrew Moore, 1st Nazarene

Stanislav Vorobyov, 2nd Nazarene

Valeriy Murga, 1st Soldier

Jonas Jud, 2nd Soldier

Henri Bernard Guizirian, Cappadocian

Arturo Gama, Choreography

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Elodie Olson-Coons

Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.