Wilde Headonism: Strauss’s Salome at the Royal Opera House

By David Fay, 05 June 2012

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 31 May 2012

Strauss R., Salome

The Royal Opera

Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Es Devlin, Set Designer

Angela Denoke, Salome

Rosalind Plowright, Herodias

Stig Andersen, Herodes

Egils Siliņš, Jochanaan

Will Hartmann, Narraboth

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David Fay

David studied Music and French at Bristol University and is now undertaking a PhD in Musicology. His specialism is religious music but his musical passions range from Alkaline Trio to Zadok the Priest.