Salomé 2008

David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has suggestions of Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy that is conjured by an international cast led by Nadja Michael in the title role.

Cast

Nadja Michael

Michael Volle

Michaela Schuster

Thomas Moser

Joseph Kaiser

Christian Sist

Alan Ewing

Daniela Sindram

Vuyani Mlinde

Pumeza Matshikiza

Adrian Thompson

Martyn Hill

Hubert Francis

Park Ji-min

Jeremy White

Iain Paterson

Julian Tovey

Duncan Meadows