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Opernhaus Zürich

Orchestra

The Orchester der Oper Zürich

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Simone Young

Stage director

Stage director (+2)

Andreas Homoki

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Hartmut Meyer

Costume designer

Mechthild Seipel

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+3)

Franck Evin

Assistant Choreographer

Arturo Gama

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Claus Spahn

Tenor (+1)

John Daszak

Herod

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Michaela Schuster

Herodias

Soprano (+2)

Elena Stikhina

Salome

Bass-baritone (+3)

Kostas Smoriginas

John the Baptist

Tenor (+3)

Omer Kobiljak

Narraboth

Siena Licht Miller

A Page of Herodias

Nathan Haller

First Jew

Tenor (+2)

Raúl Gutiérrez

Christian Sturm

Tenor

Daniel Norman

Second Jew

Christopher Willoughby

Xuenan Liu

Tenor (+5)

Martin Zysset

Third Jew

Tomislav Jukic

Andrejs Krutojs

Andrew Owens

Fourth Jew

Álvaro Diana Sanchez

Maximilian Lawrie

Bass (+2)

Lobel Barun

Fifth Jew

Bass (+4)

Stanislav Vorobyov

First Nazarene

Baritone (+1)

Felix Gygli

Second Nazarene

Bass (+3)

Valeriy Murga

First soldier

Bass

Maximilian Bell

Second soldier

Opernhaus

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Ena Pongrac

Baritone (+4)

Cheyne Davidson

A Cappadocian

A slave

Richard Strauss composed his opera Salome in 1905, basing it on the scandalous fin-de-siècle drama of the same name by Oscar Wilde. The world premiere brought him his first international success: the one-act work remains one of the most frequently performed operas in the repertoire today. It combines grand orchestral frenzy and gripping vocal drama with the story of a desirous young woman whose story has fascinated humankind for two thousand years.
Salome’s first appearance was in the Bible: The myth of Herod’s daughter, who has the severed head of John the Baptist presented to her in return for an erotic dance, is constantly being reworked, layered with new interpretations and fantasies. In Andreas Homoki’s production, Salome is a young woman hungry for experience who can no longer bear the claustrophobic, prison-like family home to which the Herod clan has retreated in order to defy the gathering storms of a religious and political turning point. Salome’s is fascinated by the prophet Jochanaan, who makes hate speeches about her family's decadence. In Homoki's production, he is not an ascetic in a harsh robe but a radical fundamentalist to whose virile, seductive, erotic power Salome succumbs. But Jochanaan’s curses are likewise desperate attempts to fend off Salome’s feminine allure, which he is unable to resist. Our revival is sung by the same duo that delighted audiences and critics in the premiere series: Russian soprano Elena Stikhina credibly embodies the princess’s radical youthfulness and at the same time has the artistic maturity to master the enormous vocal challenges of Strauss's monstrous role. Lithuanian bass-baritone Kostas Smoriginas brings with him the expressive masculine energy that characterizes Jochanaan in this production.

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Zurich

Switzerland

Salome Strauss

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Opera

Sharan Allad

Ingliż

SALOMEOper von Richard StraussPremiere am 12 Sep 2021www.opernhaus.ch/salomeMusikalische Leitung: Simone YoungInszenierung: Andreas HomokiBühnenbild: Hartmut...

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