Poster for Salomé (Opéra de Paris)

Salomé (Opéra de Paris)

2022 1 hour 40 minutes

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Salome, princess of Judea, the daughter‑in‑law of King Herod, finds life in her father‑in‑law’s palace dreary. Her curiosity is roused when she hears the voice of Jochanaan, a prophet held prisoner by Herod who is afraid of him. Obsessed by this enigmatic and virtuous man, Salome is ready to do anything to possess him, dead or alive. Drawing on Oscar Wilde’s scandalous play of the same name, in 1905 Richard Strauss produced the work that was to ensure his status as Wagner’s successor in the history of German opera. A dazzling hour and forty minutes, decadent in its very essence, which, for her debut at the Paris Opera, Lydia Steier treats as a dystopia in which amorality rules.

Released

27th October 2022

3 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 40 minutes

Finishes at 8:38am

Directed by

François-René Martin

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Written by

Oscar Wilde, Hedwig Lachmann

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