Richard Strauss's Salome With Opera North
29th APRIL 2018
17.00PM
Perth Concert Hall - Horsecross Arts Ltd
Winners of the Sky Arts and Royal Philharmonic Society Opera award, Opera North’s performances are regarded as being utterly superb.
Perth Concert Hall are thrilled to present them in a concert performance of Richard Strauss’s Salome. Based on Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, this is the savage and bloody tale of King Herod’s step-daughter. When Herod’s prisoner Jokanaan rebuffs her advances, Salome vows she will kiss him – no matter the consequences.
From the seductive Dance of the Seven Veils to the explosive vocal writing, the violent sensuality of the score illustrates every moment of the story with unflinching vividness. This is opera at its most extreme, concentrated into 100 exhilarating minutes.
Sung in German with English Supertitles
Salome Jennifer Holloway
Herodias Katarina Karneus
Jokanaan Robert Hayward
Herodes Arnold Bezuyen
Narraboth Richard Johnston
Page Heather Lowe
Sir Richard Armstrong, conductor