Royal Opera House: Salomé

David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has suggestions of Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy that is conjured by an international cast led by Nadja Michael in the title role.

Director: Jonathan Haswell

Cast: Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Michaela Schuster, Thomas Moser, Joseph Kaiser, Christian Sist, Alan Ewing, Daniela Sindram

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.