Runs Dec 5 – Dec 28, 2016
Richard Strauss’s revolutionary score and scandalous Oscar Wilde–inspired drama took the world by storm at its premiere and continues to wow audiences today. Catherine Naglestad makes her Met debut in the tour-de-force role of Salome, part innocent and part sexual predator. Željko Lučić is her prophetic nemesis Jochanaan, John the Baptist. Gerhard Siegel is Herod, and Johannes Debus conducts.
SUNG IN
GERMAN
MET TITLES IN
ENGLISH
GERMAN
SPANISH
ESTIMATED RUN TIME
1 HRS 38 MINS