Strauss: Salome (2-DVD) – Nadja Michael, Thomas Moser
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Strauss: Salome (2-DVD) – Nadja Michael, Thomas Moser
Composer: Richard Strauss
Artists: Nadja Michael, Thomas Moser, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Joseph Kaiser, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Director: David McVicar
Video Format: NTSC 16:9 High Definition
Audio Format: LPCM Stereo / Digital DTS Surround
Language: German
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: Opus Arte
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Run Time: 169 minutes
David McVicar’s powerful 2008 production of Oscar Wilde’s bible-based drama takes the controversially distrubing film Salò as its visual reference, setting the opera in a debauched palace in Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy conjured by an international cast, led by Nadja Michael in the title role. Filmed for the big screen with high definition cameras and recorded in true surround sound.
“McVicar delves straight into the hearts and minds of his characters.” (Opera News)
“Nadja Michael…is an attractive Salome, moving like a dancer, as physically unafraid as she is vocally.” (Gramophone)
History
RICHARD STRAUSS
Salome
Premiere: Dresden Court Opera, 1905. The story of this incendiary and powerful opera is derived from a brief biblical account: A young princess of Judea dances for her stepfather Herod and chooses as her reward the head of the prophet John the Baptist. This subject captured the imaginations of generations of visual artists, but its full possibilities were perhaps best realized in Oscar Wilde’s 1891 tragedy (which was banned from performance in several countries). Strauss’s score combines the grandeur of Wagner’s epics with the focus and emotional punch of the short Italian verismo operas.
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