The Royal Opera - Salome Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
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SalomeThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 13 |
Strauss's opera Salome is a psychosexual drama full of excruciatingly beautiful music |
17 Jun 12 / Telegraph |
If you’re easily offended, don’t go and see Salome |
9 Jun 12 / London 24 |
Royal Opera’s brutal but engrossing Salome |
7 Jun 12 / Seen and Heard |
It remains a good-looking show |
7 Jun 12 / The Stage |
Musically the performance mostly impressed |
6 Jun 12 / Musical Criticism |
The production strikes me as a frigid, unatmospheric and stilted mess |
6 Jun 12 / Opera Britannia |
A limp revival |
5 Jun 12 / Telegraph |
The very special contribution from the pit may be the main reason to catch this particular run |
5 Jun 12 / The Guardian |
David McVicar's tawdry, yet gripping, production of Salome returns to Covent Garden |
5 Jun 12 / Music OMH |
Sex and a spoilt brat in David McVicar's production of Richard Strauss's opera |
2 Jun 12 / Evening Standard |
A musical triumph, visually this Salome is a bloody mess |
2 Jun 12 / The Arts Desk |
On the grim stage there was a sense that something nasty could erupt at any moment |
2 Jun 12 / Classical Source |
A curiously uneven night’s entertainment |
2 Jun 12 / What's on Stage |
Production details
Cast
Andersen, Plowright, Denoke, Silins, Hartmann, Castle, Bronder, Francis, Robinson, Bemsch, White, Greenan, Zhou, Wilde, Ewing, Cunningham, Pierard
(c) Nelsons (d) McVicar
Performance dates
31 May, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16 June 2012
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