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Work: Salome

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ComposerStrauss, Richard (1864-1949)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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BerlinSalomeNew production

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Strauss R.: Salome
James Gaffigan; Evgeny Titov; Komische Oper Berlin; Rufus Didwiszus; Esther Bialas; Sebastian Alphons

ToulouseSaloméNew production

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Strauss R.: Salome
Frank Beermann; Matthias Goerne; Opéra National du Capitole; Hernan Penuela; Christian Lacroix; Vinicio Cheli; Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

HamburgSalome

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Strauss R.: Salome
Omer Meir Wellber; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Staatsoper Hamburg; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
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Decadence and decay: Asmik Grigorian leads a sensational Salome

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Even locked behind a music stand, like a caged panther in a sleek black gown, Grigorian’s Salome bristles with dramatic energy in Barbican concert performance of Strauss’ “scherzo with a fatal conclusion”. 
*****
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Claus Guth directs a tormented, harrowing new Salome at the Met

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Claus Guth's new production at the Metropolitan Opera, originally seen at the Bolshoi in 2021, moves the action from biblical Judea to the era of the opera's composition. 
*****
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A desperately decadent Salome revived in Naples

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Manfred Schweigkofler's production places the drama in a surreal, timeless atmosphere at the Teatro San Carlo. 
***11
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ParisSalomé

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Strauss R.: Salome
Simone Young; Lydia Steier; Opéra national de Paris; Momme Hinrichs; Andy Besuch; Olaf Freese; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

CologneSalomeConcert performance

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Strauss R.: Salome
Cristian Măcelaru; WDR Symphony Orchestra; Jennifer Holloway; Gerhard Siegel; Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
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Bachtrack top ten: Richard Strauss

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From the early succès de scandale of Salome to a golden Indian summer, Richard Strauss’ long career spanned eight decades. Enjoy some highlights in our playlist. 

Salome: the greatest Strauss tone poem?

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A look at the succès de scandale that was Strauss first operatic hit, Salome, placing it in the context of his early tone poems Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration.