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'''Salome''' (1953) is a sound recording of [[Salome (1905 Strauss / Lachmann), opera]], conducted by [[Hermann Weigert]].
  
==Abstract==

Radio production.

"[One of the best] of the '50s-era Salomes is [[Astrid Varnay]]'s, as heard on a Bavarian Radio recording conducted by [[Hermann Weigert]], the singer's husband. Few sopranos have seized the role with such security; the sustained G sharp at the beginning of the monologue could have sliced off the Baptist's head if he were not already decapitated. To sheer force Varnay adds considerable subtlety; her intelligence is obvious throughout. The sound is fine for its period, showing Patzak's Herod to good advantage."--[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/focus/richard-strausss-salome-which-recording-is-best Gramophone]   

==Cast==

* [[Astrid Varnay]] = [[Salome]]
* [[Hans Braun]] = [[John the Baptist]]
* [[Julius Patzak]] = [[Herod Antipas]]
* [[Margarete Klose]] = [[Herodias]]

* ''Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks''

==Editions ==

Released on Vinyl and CD.

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