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A bloodless Salome at Staatsoper Hamburg

Strauss: Salome Staatsoper Hamburg, 29th October “I believe we must leave the killing out, when all is done.” Dmitri Tcherniakov seems to have taken a leaf from Starveling’s book in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His Salome for Staatsoper Hamburg is … Continue reading

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On the rocks: Castellucci delivers an ice-cold Salome in Salzburg

Strauss: Salome **** Salzburg Festival, 9th August 2018 Above Sigmundstor, the tunnel that cuts through Salzburg’s mighty Mönchsberg next to the Festspielhaus, is the Latin inscription Te saxa loquuntur: the stones speak of you. Also hewn into the Mönchsberg rock a … Continue reading

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