Salome, Royal Opera, September 2022 (original) (raw)

Posted on 13 September 2022

Based on Oscar Wilde’s 1891 play Salomé, this opera uses the nexus of eroticism and death to dramatise proto-Christian ideas in the Holy Land. Its main protagonists are the anti-heroine Salome and John the Baptist whose head she demands on a platter. Conducting by Alexander Soddy fully brought out the drama, sexuality and passion of the music — see my review in The Article.

Categories

• Opera

Tags

• Alexander Soddy ,
• Duncan Meadows ,
• John Daszak ,
• Jordan Shanahan ,
• Katarina Dalayman ,
• Malin Byström ,
• Richard Strauss ,
• Royal Opera ,
• Salome ,
• Thomas Atkins

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