opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoRichard Strauss, Salome (1905)
libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, translating Oscar Wilde's play
Irish National Opera, Dublin, 2024
everybody who's listening feels the same way
- Conductor: Fergus Sheil
- Director: Bruno Ravella
- Set Designer: Leslie Travers
- Salome: Sinéad Campbell Wallace
- Herodes: Vincent Wolfsteiner
- Jochanaan: Tómas Tómasson
Strauss' opera remains powerful and provocative in this version from the Irish National Opera, driven by Sinéad Campbell Wallace's malevolent central performance.