Salome

Story

Synopsis

This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Jochanaan, her venomous hatred when she's rejected, the crazed look in her eyes when she demands his head--on a silver platter, no less. Such complete identification with a role, especially of a character so malignant helps make this 1974 Salome stand out among the many fine DVDs of the opera.

Director

Götz Friedrich

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

10 April 1974

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Teresa Stratas

  Salome

• 

  Hans Beirer

  Herodes

• 

  Astrid Varnay

  Herodias

• Bernd Weikl

  Jochanaan

• 

  Wieslaw Ochman

  Narraboth

• 

  Karl Böhm

  Self - Conductor

• Vienna Philharmonic

  Self - Orchestra