Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Teresa Stratas
Salome
Lead
Hans Beirer
Herodes
Astrid Varnay
Herodias
Bernd Weikl
Jochanaan
Wieslaw Ochman
Narraboth
KB
Karl Böhm
Self - Conductor
VP
Vienna Philharmonic
Self - Orchestra
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Götz Friedrich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Salome is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
