Salomé (2008)

Live from the Royal Opera 2008. David McVicar’s powerful 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has suggestions of Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy that is conjured by an international cast led by Nadja Michael in the title role. Salome is filmed for the big screen with High Definition cameras and recorded in true surround sound.

Producers	Opus Arte, Royal Opera House
Original title	Salomé
Directors	David McVicar, Jonathan Haswell
Writers	Hedwig Lachmann, Oscar Wilde

Cast

Nadja Michael

as Salomé

Michael Volle

as Jokanaan

Michaela Schuster

as Herodias

Thomas Moser

as Herod

Joseph Kaiser

as Narraboth

Christian Sist

as First soldier

Alan Ewing

as Second soldier

Daniela Sindram

as Herodias's page

Vuyani Mlinde

as A Cappadocian

Pumeza Matshikiza

as A slave

Adrian Thompson

as First Jew

Martyn Hill

as Second Jew

Hubert Francis

as Third Jew

Park Ji-min

as Fourth Jew

Jeremy White

as Fifth Jew

Iain Paterson

as First Nazarene

Julian Tovey

as Second Nazarene

Duncan Meadows

as Naaman (Executioner)