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| Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel GMBH & Co. (1974) | |||||
| Drama, Music, Opera | |||||
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In Collection
#2174 |
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9*
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| Teresa Stratas | Salomé | |
| Hans Beirer | Herod | |
| Astrid Varnay | Herodias | |
| Bernd Weikl | Jokanaan | |
| Wieslaw Ochman | Narraboth | |
| Hanna Schwarz | Page | |
| Reinhold Möser | Soldiers | |
| Wolfgang Probst | Soldiers | |
| Heinz Klaus Ecker | Nazarenes | |
| Norbert Heidgen | Nazarenes | |
| Nkolaus Hillebrand | Cappadocian | |
| Friedrich Lenz | Jews | |
| Ewald Aichberger | Jews | |
| Kurt Equiluz | Jews | |
| Karl Terkal | Jews | |
| Alois Pernerstorfer | Jews |
| Director/Choreographer |
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| Writer/Composer |
Oscar Wilde
Hedwig Lachmann |
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| Cinematography |
Wolfgang Treu
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| Music |
Richard Strauss
Vienna Philharmonic |
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| Conductor | Karl Böhm
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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. |
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