Salomé (Opéra de Paris)
Synopsis
Salome, princess of Judea, the daughterâinâlaw of King Herod, finds life in her fatherâinâlawâs 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 Wildeâs scandalous play of the same name, in 1905 Richard Strauss produced the work that was to ensure his status as Wagnerâs 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.
Where to watch
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