Royal Opera House: Salomé

David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 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.

• Hedwig LachmannWriter
• Richard StraussOriginal Music Composer
• Jonathan HaswellDirector

• Nadja MichaelSalomé
• Michael VolleJokanaan
• Michaela SchusterHerodias
• Thomas MoserHerod
• Joseph KaiserNarraboth
• Christian SistFirst soldier
• Alan EwingSecond soldier
• Daniela SindramHerodias's page
• Vuyani MlindeA Cappadocian
• Pumeza MatshikizaA slave
• Adrian ThompsonFirst Jew
• Martyn HillSecond Jew