Strauss: Salome
Synopsis
It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde’s petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Strauss’s groundbreaking music magnifying the degenerate atmosphere and building the erotic tension, this is one opera that is as shocking today as it was at its premiere in 1905.
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STRAUSS - Salomé: Karita Mattila - danse
Type: Clip • Published 2011-04-27
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Karita Mattila
Salome
Ildikó Komlósi
Herodias
Joseph Kaiser
Narraboth
Kim Begley
Herod
Juha Uusitalo
Jochanaan
Lucy Schaufer
The page
Keith Miller
First soldier
Richard Berstein
Second soldier
David Won
A Cappadocian
Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis
A slave
Allan Glassman
First Jew
Mark Schowalter
Second Jew
Adam Klein
Third Jew
John Easterlin
Fourth Jew
James Courtney
Fifth Jew
Morris Robinson
First Nazarene
Donovan Singletary
Second Nazarine
Reginald Braithwaite
Executioner
Release History & Theatrical Window
October 11, 2008
Wide Cinema Exhibition
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Barbara Willis Sweete
- Screenplay & Story
- Hedwig Lachmann, Oscar Wilde
- Original Score
- Richard Strauss
- Original Title
- Strauss: Salome
- Spoken Languages
- German
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Production Studios
- The Metropolitan Opera, Sony Classical
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Barbara Willis Sweete
Hedwig Lachmann, Oscar Wilde
Richard Strauss
Louisa Briccetti, Peter Gelb, Victoria Warivonchik
Department Leadership Roster
Hedwig Lachmann
Writer
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Barbara Willis Sweete
Director
Jürgen Flimm
Production Design
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Richard Strauss
Original Music Composer
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What is Strauss: Salome about?
It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde’s petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Strauss’s groundbreaking music magnifying the degenerate atmosphere and building the erotic tension, this is one opera that is as shocking today as it was at its premiere in 1905.
Who directed Strauss: Salome?
Strauss: Salome was directed by Barbara Willis Sweete.
Who stars in Strauss: Salome?
The principal cast of Strauss: Salome includes Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Joseph Kaiser, Kim Begley, Juha Uusitalo.
When was Strauss: Salome released and how long is it?
Strauss: Salome was released in 2008 with a total runtime of 1h 46m.
Who composed the musical score for Strauss: Salome?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Strauss: Salome was composed by Richard Strauss.