Salome [videorecording] / by Richard Strauss ; libretto from Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the play by Oscar Wilde ; directed for television in association with Peter Hall by Derek Bailey ; producer, Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; a co-production between the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Covent Garden Pioneer FSP in association with Channel 4.
Videodisc release of a 1992 performance originally produced for television broadcast. "Production in association with Los Angeles Music Center Opera"--Container. Maria Ewing (Salome) ; Michael Devlin (John the Baptist) ; Kenneth Riegel (Herod) ; Gillian Knight (Herodias) ; Robin Leggate (Narraboth) ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Edward Downes, conductor.
Summary:
An operatic setting of the biblical story of the princess Salome and the events that led to the death of John the Baptist.
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