Strauss, R: Salome

Sunnegårdh is an experienced and impressive Salome, and she stays the course admirably here, cutting a svelte figure onstage; her dance, complete with full striptease, is unusually convincing...Mark... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2014 More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2014
Catalogue No: 101699
Label: Arthaus Musik

Strauss, R: Salome

Live from the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 2010
Erika Sunnegårdh (Salome), Mark S. Doss (Jochanaan), Robert Brubaker (Herodes) & Dalia Schaechter (Herodias)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Nicola Luisotti (conductor) & Gabriele Lavia (stage director)

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Oscar Wilde describes his Salomé as containing “refrains whose recurring motifs make it so like a piece of music and bind it together as a ballad.” In his opera adaptation of Wilde’s play, the backbone of Richard Strauss’ opulent setting is a series of densely woven leitmotifs, which elaborate the relationship between Herodias’ daughter and the prophet Jochanaan.

In Gabriele Lavia’s triumphant 2010 Bologna production, the linking of Salome’s naive insouciance, sexual obsession and cruelty as portrayed by Erika Sunnegårdh is also subtly reflected in the scenic representation. Under the musical direction of internationally acclaimed conductor Nicola Luisotti, the stellar cast of experienced singers including Mark S. Doss as Jochanaan, Robert Brubaker as Herodes and Dalia Schaechter as Herodias give an energetic performance of Strauss’ early masterpiece.

Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DD 5.0 Picture

Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, dts-HD Master Audio 5.0

Format: 16:9

DVD Format: DVD 9 / NTSC

Subtitle Languages: DE (Original Language), GB, FR, ES, IT, Korean

Running Time: 109 mins

FSK: 0

Region Code: 0

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August 2014

Sunnegårdh is an experienced and impressive Salome, and she stays the course admirably here, cutting a svelte figure onstage; her dance, complete with full striptease, is unusually convincing...Mark S Doss's Jokanaan is powerful and forthright...Brubaker's Herod is vivid and emphatic.

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