United Kingdom
Opus Arte: OAR3108D
Strauss - Salome 
Our Price: £14.95
Format: DVD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Artist(s): Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel, Gillian Knight, Robin Leggate, Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor(s): Edward Downes
Release Date: 28th June 2009
More Details on Strauss - Salome
Peter Hall’s magnificent 1992 production of Strauss’s opera Salome features sensational acting from Maria Ewing who, as the sinister, monstrous heroine of the title, ultimately leaves nothing to the imagination in her Dance of the Seven Veils.
She leads a fine cast including, Michael Devlin as a strong-voiced Jokanaan, Kenneth Riegel as a devilish Herod, Gillian Knight as the depraved Herodias and Robin Leggate as the infatuated Narraboth. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, in excellent form, is conducted by Edward Downes.
Warning: Contains nudity and scenes of violence.
Cast:
- Salome: Maria Ewing
- Jokanaan: Michael Devlin
- Herod: Kenneth Riegel
- Herodias: Gillian Knight
- Narraboth: Robin Leggate
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2nd June 1992.
‘Maria Ewing renews her tour de force performance in the title role, one of extraordinary stamina, range, colour and agility. … hers was a feat of high-class singing, her playing of the part taking sensible account of the passage of time, her Salome no sex kitten but an obsessed woman of chilling resolution and conviction.’ - Evening Standard
Running time: 104 mins
Region code: All regions
Picture format: 4:3 Anamorphic
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Menu language: EN
Subtitles: EN
NB: Territory exclusion for Royal Opera House Collection titles: USA, Canada
She leads a fine cast including, Michael Devlin as a strong-voiced Jokanaan, Kenneth Riegel as a devilish Herod, Gillian Knight as the depraved Herodias and Robin Leggate as the infatuated Narraboth. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, in excellent form, is conducted by Edward Downes.
Warning: Contains nudity and scenes of violence.
Cast:
- Salome: Maria Ewing
- Jokanaan: Michael Devlin
- Herod: Kenneth Riegel
- Herodias: Gillian Knight
- Narraboth: Robin Leggate
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2nd June 1992.
‘Maria Ewing renews her tour de force performance in the title role, one of extraordinary stamina, range, colour and agility. … hers was a feat of high-class singing, her playing of the part taking sensible account of the passage of time, her Salome no sex kitten but an obsessed woman of chilling resolution and conviction.’ - Evening Standard
Running time: 104 mins
Region code: All regions
Picture format: 4:3 Anamorphic
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Menu language: EN
Subtitles: EN
NB: Territory exclusion for Royal Opera House Collection titles: USA, Canada
