A king who desires his wild and wilful step-daughter. Her erotic fascination with a condemned prophet. Salome is a study in obsessions, with lust and death at every turn.

Based on Oscar Wilde’s play, Strauss’s landmark opera was greeted with shock, horror, excitement, awe, respect, censorship, scandal, condemnation - just the kind of responses that fill theatres and cinemas to this day. The music, sweet, sour, erotic, often dizzily thrilling, has not been blunted by time. This is no overture. A rising arpeggio on the clarinet launches Narraboth into his rapturous vision of Salome and, from there to the end, there is let-up in the intensity and tension of the score. Composed in 1905, Salome is still one of the wildest and most rewarding rides - at times of overwhelming intensity - to experience, and one of the most challenging in the repertoire for the lead soprano. Sinéad Campbell Wallace singing the title role, complete with its 20-minute final aria that moves from animal frenzy to demented erotic yearning. Irish National Opera’s acclaimed new production is directed by Bruno Ravella and conducted by Fergus Sheil.

Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 19 April 2024 at 19:00 CET to 19 October 2024 at 12:00 CET: https://operavision.eu/performance/sa...

CAST

Salome
Sinéad Campbell Wallace

Herodes
Vincent Wolfsteiner

Herodias
Imelda Drumm

Jochanaan
Tómas Tómasson

Narraboth
Alex McKissick

The Page of Herodias
Doreen Curran

Soldiers
Julian Close
Lukas Jakobski

Jews
Christopher Bowen
Andrew Masterson
William Pearson
Aaron O'Hare
Eoghan Desmond

Nazarenes
Wyn Pencarreg
Eoin Foran

Cappadocian
Kevin Neville

Slave
Leanne Fitzgerald

Orchestra
Irish National Opera Orchestra

Music
Richard Strauss

Text
Hedwig Lachmann

Conductor
Fergus Sheil

Director
Bruno Ravella

Sets & Costumes
Leslie Travers

Light
Ciarán Bagnall

Choreography
Liz Roche

Assistant Director
Chris Kelly

Répétiteur & Language Coach
Mark Lawson

Assistant Conductor
Elaine Kelly

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