Organization

Singer

Baritone

Andrew Foster-Williams

John the Baptist

Tenor

Nikolai Schukoff

Herod

Mezzo-soprano

Karin Lovelius

Herodias

Mihails Čuļpajevs

Narraboth

Elli Vallinoja

A Page of Herodias

Petri Vesa

First Jew

Joonas Eloranta

Second Jew

Roland Liiv

Third Jew

Mika Pohjonen

Fourth Jew

Bass

Koit Soasepp

Fifth Jew

Matti Turunen

First Nazarene

Jussi Merikanto

Second Nazarene

Soprano

Heikki Hattunen

A slave

Conductor

Hannu Lintu

Lighting designer

Olaf Winter

Costume designer

Robby Duiveman

Set designer

Johannes Leiacker

Choreographer

Klevis Elmazaj

Stage director

Christof Loy

Lawrence Renes

Elena Stikhina

Salome

Vida Mikneviciute

Manuela Uhl

Visa Kohva

First soldier

Marko Nykänen

Second soldier

Juha Pikkarainen

A Cappadocian

Finnish National Opera

Others

Finnish National Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Finnish National Opera Orchestra

German

Helsinki

Finland

Recording of Salome performed by the Finnish National Opera on 7 April 2022.

MUSIC Richard Strauss
CONDUCTOR Hannu Lintu
DIRECTOR Christof Loy
SETS Johannes Leiacker
COSTUMES Robby Duiveman
CHOREOGRAPHY Klevis Elmazaj
LIGHTING DESIGN Olaf Winter

Cast:
HERODES Nikolai Schukoff, HERODIAS Karin Lovelius, SALOME Vida Miknevičiūtė, NARRABOTH Mihails Čulpajevs, JOCHANAAN Andrew Foster-Williams, HERODIA’S PAGE Elli Vallinoja, 1ST JEW Petri Vesa, 2ND JEW Joonas Eloranta, 3RD JEW Roland Liiv, 4TH JEW Alexander Kravets, 5TH JEW Koit Soasepp, 1ST NAZARENE Matti Turunen, 2ND NAZARENE Johannes Vatjus, 1ST SOLDIER Visa Kohva, 2:E SOLDATEN Marko Nykänen, A CAPPADOCIAN Juha Pikkarainen, A SLAVE Heikki Hattune

Production: Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle and Finnish National Opera and Ballet 2022.

Available worldwide until 7 April 2023.

Production booklet

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