Opera North - Salome Reviews
29 March 2024
Jennifer Holloway (Salome), Oliver Johnston (Narraboth)
Arnold Bezuyen (Herod), Katarina Karnéus (Herodias)
Ensemble
Robert Hayward (Jokanaan), Jennifer Holloway (Salome)
Jennifer Holloway (Salome)

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Salome

Opera North


No. of reviews: 9

This exclusive Scottish performance was a real coup for the Perth hall
1 May 18 / The Herald
An unmitigated triumph
26 Apr 18 / The Spectator
Opera North sticks to dress suits and evening gowns for Strauss' short, bloody shocker
25 Apr 18 / What's on Stage
Opera North’s Salome is still enticingly outrageous today
23 Apr 18 / Bachtrack
Opera North continue a fantastic season with this production of Salome
23 Apr 18 / Nouse
Richard Strauss’s 1905 opera still shocks in this concert staging by Opera North
23 Apr 18 / The Times
Opera North’s concert Salome carries theatrical power
21 Apr 18 / Seen and Heard
Scandalising opera still unsettles
21 Apr 18 / Telegraph
There is something about Armstrong’s unassuming demeanour that inspires confidence
21 Apr 18 / The York Press
Production details
Cast
Bezuyen, Karneus, Holloway/Allen, Hayward, Johnston, Lowe, Dwyer, Findon, Laing, Watts, Kim, Robinson, Banfield, Mosley-Evans, Kim, Shaw, Banfield
(c) Armstrong (d) Harris
Performance dates
19, 22, 25 April, 3, 5, 10 May 2018 (various locations)
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