Salome [The Metropolitan Opera] (2008)
Il n’est pas étonnant que le public du Met soit devenu fou devant la torride Salomé de Karita Mattila. Incontestablement l’une des plus grandes Salomé de notre époque, Mattila incarne parfaitement l’héroïne d’Oscar Wilde pétulante, obstinéeeet lubrique. Grâce à la musique révolutionnaire de Strauss qui magnifie l’atmosphère dégénérée et crée une tension érotique, cet opéra est aussi choquant aujourd’hui qu’il l’était lors de sa création en 1905.
Directeur: Barbara Willis Sweete
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Karita Mattila as Salome |
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Ildikó Komlósi as Herodias |
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Joseph Kaiser as Narraboth |
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Kim Begley as Herod |
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Juha Uusitalo as Jochanaan |
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Lucy Schaufer as The page |
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Keith Miller as First soldier |
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Richard Berstein as Second soldier |
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David Won as A Cappadocian |
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Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis as A slave |
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Allan Glassman as First Jew |
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Mark Schowalter as Second Jew |
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Adam Klein as Third Jew |
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John Easterlin as Fourth Jew |
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James Courtney as Fifth Jew |
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Morris Robinson as First Nazarene |
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Donovan Singletary as Second Nazarine |
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Reginald Braithwaite as Executioner |
| Sound | Patrick Summers | Conductor |
| Writing | Hedwig Lachmann | Writer |
| Sound | Richard Strauss | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Barbara Willis Sweete | Director |
| Sound | Jay David Saks | Music Producer |
| Production | Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elena Park | Supervising Producer |
| Art | Jürgen Flimm | Production Design |
| Art | Santo Loquasto | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Santo Loquasto | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | James F. Ingalls | Lighting Design |
| Crew | Doug Varone | Choreographer |
| Production | Mia Bongiovanni | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Production | Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Crew | Ron Washburn | Technical Supervisor |
| Writing | Oscar Wilde | Theatre Play |