Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome

By Laura Servidei, 06 December 2019

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“Neuenfels, with his insistence in presenting crude sexual symbols, ends up talking over Strauss”

Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 4 December 2019

Strauss R., Salome

Staatsoper Berlin

Thomas Guggeis, Conductor

Hans Neuenfels, Director

Reinhard von der Thannen, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Aušrinė Stundytė, Salome

Marina Prudenskaya, Herodias

Vincent Wolfsteiner, Herodes

Peter Sonn, Narraboth

Thomas Johannes Mayer, Jochanaan

Adam Kutny, 1st Nazarene

Ulf Dirk Mädler, 2nd Nazarene

Arttu Kataja, 1st Soldier

Erik Rosenius, 2nd Soldier

Ziad Nehme, 1st Jew

Michael Smallwood, 2nd Jew

Matthew Peña, 3rd Jew

Andrés Moreno García, 4th Jew

David Oštrek, 5th Jew, Cappadocian

Annika Schlicht, Herodias' Page

Christian Natter, Actor

Stefan Bolliger, Lighting Designer

Sommer Ulrickson, Choreography

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

Oscar Wilde takes centre stage in Staatsoper's Salome at Unter den Linden