David McVicar’s powerful Royal Opera House 2008 production of Strauss's opera – based on a play by Oscar Wilde – takes the controversial and disturbing film 120 Days of Sodom as its visual reference. The action is set in a debauched palace, which has suggestions of Nazi Germany. Strauss’s ravishing and voluptuous score adds to the sexual alchemy that is conjured by an international cast led by Nadja Michael in the title role.
as Salomé
as Jokanaan
as Herodias
as Herod
as Narraboth
as First soldier
as Second soldier
as Herodias's page
as A Cappadocian
as A slave
as First Jew
as Second Jew
as Third Jew
as Fourth Jew
as Fifth Jew
as First Nazarene
as Second Nazarene
as Naaman (Executioner)
