Salome (1974)

Salome (1974)

1974-04-10 Germany 101 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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

Hans Beirer is Herodes
Astrid Varnay is Herodias
Bernd Weikl is Jochanaan
Jochanaan
Wieslaw Ochman is Narraboth
Karl Böhm is Self - Conductor
Self - Conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker is Self - Orchestra
Self - Orchestra