Salome

Opera or Operetta :: show/work:S2079, production/tour:T01611442187

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Salome
Opera or Operetta :: listing:L01818681705, production:T01611442187, show:S2079, venue: V376

London Coliseum
West End
Greater London

A world of exotic and dangerous decadence. The story of the young Princess of Judea's catastrophic sexual awakening in the corrupt world of Herod's court where she develops a violent sexual obsession with John the Baptist. The original play was often banned and always controversial. Revival.

Performers Vivian Tierney (Salome), Matthew Best (Jokanaan), John Graham Hall (Herod), Elizabeth Vaughan (Herodias), Ethna Robinson, Jeffrey Stewart, Andrew Forbes-Lane, Mark Le Brocq, Richard Roberts, Jeremy White, Mark Beesley, David Kempster, Mark Richardson, Graeme Danby. Music Strauss. Lyrics Lachmann. Book by Oscar Wilde. Company English National Opera (ENO). Translation Tom Hammond. Choreographer Wayne McGregor. Lighting Paul Pyant. Design Vicki Mortimer. Director David Leveaux. Conductor David Atherton.