Salome (2010 Luisotti, Sunnegårdh / Lavia, Bevilacqua / @1905 Strauss), Bologna production, video recording (opera)

Salome (2010) is a Bologna production and video recording of Salome (1905 Strauss / Lachmann), opera, with Nicola Luisotti (conductor), Gabriele Lavia (stage director), and Andrea Bevilacqua (film director).

Abstract

"Oscar Wilde describes his Salomé as containing “refrains whose recurring motifs make it so like a piece of music and bind it together as a ballad.” In his opera adaptation of Wilde’s play, the backbone of Richard Strauss’ opulent setting is a series of densely woven leitmotifs, which elaborate the relationship between Herodias’ daughter and the prophet Jochanaan. In Gabriele Lavia’s triumphant 2010 Bologna production, the linking of Salome’s naive insouciance, sexual obsession and cruelty as portrayed by Erika Sunnegårdh is also subtly refl ected in the scenic representation. Under the musical direction of internationally acclaimed conductor Nicola Luisotti, the stellar cast of experienced singers including Mark S. Doss as Jochanaan, Robert Brubaker as Herodes and Dalia Schaechter as Herodias give an energetic performance of Strauss’ early masterpiece."--Presto Classical

Cast

• Erika Sunnegårdh as Salome
• Mark S. Doss as John the Baptist
• Mark Milhofer as Herod Antipas
• Dalia Schaechter as Herodias

• Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Production

Produced in Italy (2010). Released as a DVD.

External links

• [ Wikipedia]
• [ The Internet Movie Database]