Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Angela Denoke (Salome), Johan Reuter (Jokanaan), Gerhard Siegel (Herod), Irina Mishura (Herodias), Andrew Staples (Narraboth), Sarah Castle (Page), John Cunningham (A Cappadocian), Nicolas Courjal (First Soldier), Alan Ewing (Second Soldier), Adrian Thompson (First Jew), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Second Jew), Hubert Francis (Third Jew), Steven Ebel (Fourth Jew), Jeremy White (Fifth Jew), Vuyani Mlinde (First Nazarene), Dawid Kimberg (Second Nazarene)

Creatives/Company

Music: Strauss
Lyrics: Lachmann
Book by: Oscar Wilde (1905)
Producer: Royal Opera
Conductor(s): Hartmut Haenchen, Hartmut Haenchen
Director: David McVicar
Design(s): Es Devlin, Leo Warner (video), Mark Grimmer (video - for Fifty Nine Productions)
Lighting: Wolfgang Goibbel
Choreographer: Andrew George