He rejects her. She demands his head. There’s nudity and the famous “dance of the seven veils” (listen throughout the opera for the tambourine sound every time Salome’s dance is mentioned).
Vancouver Opera’s 2008/2009 season finale is Richard Strauss’ shocking drama of lust and prophecy in Judea.
Here is SALOME.
Live blogging and twittering the Opera tonight is @trishussey @NetChick @Miss604 @Kimli @hummingbird604
I am in Victoria and can’t make it back in time for the opera, but Salome is one of my favourites so I wish that clone was ready to deploy. If I can fit it into my schedule, next performances are Tuesday, May 5, Thursday, May 7 and Saturday, May 9.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Georgia and Hamilton in Vancouver.
7:30 pm.
Tickets are available exclusively at the Vancouver Opera Ticket Centre, online at www.vancouveropera.ca or by telephone (604-683-0222).
Richard Strauss’ Salome is based on Oscar Wilde’s French play of the same name, which borrows from the gospels of Matthew and Mark.
Salome rocks because it’s Biblical, erotic, macabre and sensational.
Salome is also controversial. According to the materials Selina sent along:
- At the Berlin Court Opera, the Kaiser would allow it to be performed only if a Star of Bethlehem was shown in the sky, even though the action of the opera takes place 30 years after the birth of Christ.
- In London, Salome was banned by the Lord Chamberlain’s office until 1907.
- That same year, at its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, there was such an outcry from wealthy patrons that the production was cancelled after the first night.
- Viennese censors would not allow it to be performed until 1918.
Opera Facts
Is there a coat check? And a bar?
Yes and yes!