Herod has not yet uttered his cry "Kill this woman!" or his soldiers roughly lift Salome onto their shoulders and hurl her into hell. - The fancy drawing room, which had been turned into a ruin, was visible through a vista hatch for almost the entire opera. Salome's blood-soaked dress seems to flare up for a moment, but then - pats! - the curtain falls. With this powerful image, director Ivo van Hove concludes a compelling staging of Richard Strauss' opera.
Pearl in richly decorated crown
This production...
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