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Salome (1974)

Salome (1974)

Drama Music
Release Date: 1974, April 10
Directors: Götz Friedrich
Countries: Germany
Production: Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon
Cast: Vienna Philharmonic, Bernd Weikl, Karl Böhm, Teresa Stratas, Astrid Varnay, Hans Beirer, Wieslaw Ochman

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.

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