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R. Strauss: Salome
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The Met's new production
The Met: Live In HD At Müpa Budapest
A 16-year-old oriental princess with the voice of an Isolde: this was the perfectionist expectation Richard Strauss set for anyone portraying Salome, and now the South African soprano Elsa van der Heever, known for her portrayal of Elisabetta in the 2016 broadcast of Maria Stuarda, is about to prove she can pull it off. Surrounding the character of Salome in Claus Guth's new production set in the Victorian era will be a cast of singers who also excel at acting. The Jochanaan of the performance will be the Swede Peter Mattei, with Herodes being sung by the German Gerhard Siegel, whose portrayal of the role also won admiration in Budapest, and Herodias by the American Michelle DeYoung, all under the musical direction of Yannick Nézet-Seguin.
The broadcast will be sung in the original language, and shown with Hungarian and English subtitles.
Program and cast
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Performers:
Salome: Elza van den Heever
Herodias: Michelle DeYoung
Herodes: Gerhard Siegel
Narraboth: Piotr Buszewski
Jochanaan: Peter Mattei
Featuring:
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Creators:
set design: Etienne Pluss
costumes: Ursula Kudrna
lighting: Olaf Freese
projections: rocafilm/Roland Horvath
choreographer: Sommer Ulrickson
dramaturg: Yvonne Gebauer
director: Claus Guth
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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