Salome - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Salome

musical direction
Thomas Guggeis
Staging
Boleslaw Barlog
Stage and costumes
Jürgen Rose
Herod
Wolfgang Ablinger ratchet
Herodias
Claudia Mahnke
Salome
Jennifer Holloway
Iokanaan
John Lundgren
Narraboth
Daniel Jenz

At first it was considered a scandal, the premiere of which at the Vienna Court Opera the then director Gustav Mahler wanted to get through at all costs: "Salome", finally performed in Dresden in 1905, was banned by censors in the Haus am Ring for many years. In the electrifying and fascinating work, Strauss lets the awakening sexuality of a young princess collide with the ascetic truth of faith of a prophet. The one-act act, which lasts one hundred minutes, glows like a delirium; the composer courageously blew up the notions of sound and morality of his time. To this day, the music captivates with its enormous imagery, whipped emotionality and sharp, sometimes garish figure drawings. The current production reflects the Old Testament history in the Art Nouveau ornamentation of the time it was created and thus underlines the decadent intoxication of timbres of the work.

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