| English National Opera - Salome Reviews | 19 April 2024 |
Allison Cooke (Salome), Stuart Jackson (Narraboth)
Ceferina Penny (A Slave), Clare Presland (The Page of Herodias), Trevor Bowes (A Cappadocian), Ronald Nairne (2. Soldier), Simon Shibambu (1. Soldier)
Allison Cooke (Salome), Susan Bickley (Herodias), Michael Colvin (Herodes)
David Soar (Jokanaan)
Allison Cooke (Salome)
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SalomeEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 20 | |
The musical pleasures were supplemented by some good singing and dramatic performances |
 18 Oct 18 / Opera Journal |
Losing heads in London |
| 17 Oct 18 / ConcertoNet (English) |
A radically feminist version of the story |
| 12 Oct 18 / Express |
If you’re used to installation art, you’ll take to it more readily |
| 9 Oct 18 / The Critics' Circle |
Blood and guts meet street dance and a kinky Santa in a provocative production of Strauss’s opera |
| 7 Oct 18 / The Observer |
ENO’s cast deserved better than this incompetent, incoherent production of Salome |
| 5 Oct 18 / Seen and Heard |
There will be blood in English National Opera’s Salome |
| 4 Oct 18 / San Francisco Classical Voice |
Once-banned opera Salome is back on the London stage |
| 2 Oct 18 / Londonist |
Flogging a dead horse: a new Salome at English National Opera |
| 2 Oct 18 / Bachtrack |
English National Opera's production is psychologically acute but dramaturgically flawed |
| 2 Oct 18 / Evening Standard |
Visually arresting, but decidedly peculiar |
| 1 Oct 18 / The Stage |
A cold-hearted, half-baked conceptual riff on an opera that should leave you shattered |
| 1 Oct 18 / The Times |
Vividly theatrical, lyrically sung, but.... |
| 1 Oct 18 / Planet Hugill |
ENO's Salome both intrigues and bewilders |
| 1 Oct 18 / Opera Today |
Petals, porn and dead ponies give Strauss a feminist reboot |
| 1 Oct 18 / The Guardian |
Inertia kills strong stage pictures, decent singing and a bejewelled orchestra |
| 30 Sep 18 / The Arts Desk |
The excellent cast captures the audience from the start |
| 30 Sep 18 / The Upcoming |
Headless horses with floral innards in theatre of the absurd |
| 30 Sep 18 / Independent |
Big on gesture but short on enlightenment |
| 30 Sep 18 / Classical Source |
A baffling, feminine interpretation of Strauss |
| 30 Sep 18 / Telegraph |
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Heady stuff: Salome, a bloody and brutal heroine for our age?
Strauss’s opera, with its necrophilia, nudity and sheer nastiness is - and always was - a huge challenge for singers. Can a new production coming to ENO emphasise its ‘mythic and feminine’ elements?
Strauss’s opera, with its necrophilia, nudity and sheer nastiness is - and always was - a huge challenge for singers. Can a new production coming to ENO emphasise its ‘mythic and feminine’ elements?
Production details
Cast
Colvin, Bickley, Cook, Soar, Jackson, Presland, Norman, Turner, Rhys-Jenkins, Lemalu, Muchhala, Anderson, Sullivan, Shibambu, Nairne, Bowes, Penny
(c) Brabbins (d) Jacobs
Performance dates
28 September, 3, 6, 12, 18, 20, 23 October 2018
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