Opera on 3 - Strauss's Salome

Presented by Andrew McGregor Richard Strauss: Salome from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 'Salome is an opera full of characters regarding each other, unable to communicate...everyone's desire is unfulfilled , but everyone is looking all the time', says David McVicar's of Richard Strauss's Salome, as his 2008 production is resurrected in all its shocking glory at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Based on a short biblical reference to a girl dancing for King Herod, and the immortal line: 'Bring me the head of John the Baptist', Oscar Wilde's play told a lurid tale of power and corruption, depravity and obsession...and Strauss set it to music without holding back in any way. Angela Denoke stars in the title role, Irina Mishura as Herodias and Gerhard Siegel as Herod, conducted by Hartmut Haenchen. Narraboth ..... Andrew Staples (tenor) The Page ..... Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano) First Soldier ..... Nicolas Courjal (bass) Second Soldier ..... Alan Ewing (bass) Jokanaan ..... Johan Reuter (baritone) A Cappadocian ..... John Cunningham (bass-baritone) Salome ..... Angela Denoke (soprano) Herod ..... Gerhard Siegel (tenor) Herodias ..... Irina Mishura (mezzo-soprano) First Jew ..... Adrian Thompson (tenor) Second Jew ..... Robert Anthony Gardiner (tenor) Third Jew ..... Hubert Francis (tenor) Fourth Jew .....Steven Ebel (tenor) Fifth Jew ..... Jeremy White (bass) First Nazarene ..... Vuyani Mlinde (bass) Second Nazarene ..... Dawid Kimberg (baritone) Hartmut Haenchen ..... Conductor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.