Strauss: Salome (2008)
It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde’s petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Strauss’s groundbreaking music magnifying the degenerate atmosphere and building the erotic tension, this is one opera that is as shocking today as it was at its premiere in 1905.
Director: Barbara Willis Sweete
Genre: Music, Drama
Runtime: 106 min
Release Date: October 11, 2008
Cast
- Karita Mattila - Salome
- Ildikó Komlósi - Herodias
- Joseph Kaiser - Narraboth
- Kim Begley - Herod
- Juha Uusitalo - Jochanaan
- Lucy Schaufer - The page
- Keith Miller - First soldier
- Richard Berstein - Second soldier
- David Won - A Cappadocian
- Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis - A slave
Screenplay
- Hedwig Lachmann
- Oscar Wilde (Theatre Play)
Music: Richard Strauss
Production: The Metropolitan Opera, Sony Classical
Language: Deutsch
Original Language: de
Keywords
opera live performance, the metropolitan opera
More Films by Director: Barbara Willis Sweete
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Strauss: Salome about?
- It is no wonder that Met audiences have gone wild over Karita Mattila’s sizzling Salome. Indisputably one of the greatest Salomes of our time, Mattila utterly incarnates Oscar Wilde’s petulant, willful, and lust-driven heroine. With Strauss’s groundbreaking music magnifying the degenerate atmosphere and building the erotic tension, this is one opera that is as shocking today as it was at its premiere in 1905.
- Who directed Strauss: Salome?
- Strauss: Salome was directed by Barbara Willis Sweete.
- Who stars in Strauss: Salome?
- Strauss: Salome stars Karita Mattila, Ildikó Komlósi, Joseph Kaiser, Kim Begley, Juha Uusitalo, Lucy Schaufer.
- How long is Strauss: Salome?
- Strauss: Salome has a runtime of 1h 46m (106 minutes).
- What genre is Strauss: Salome?
- Strauss: Salome is a Music, Drama film.