Dreadful production spoils everything. Unwatchable.

Desde que apareció este video en mi celular. Supe que había encontrado una joya, «un deleite para el “odio” y la vista» Una ejecución magistral, por parte de la orquesta y el solista. Exquisita pieza, «Corelli un genio»

6:45

This staging is so out there, but I don't hate it. It's working. And she's quite perfect. This will always be my #2 opera behind Elektra. *the staging for dance of the 7 veils is an atrocity though.

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Almanca öğrenmek farz oldu.

6:44

7:46

Great performance of this truly great work.

Dance of the seven veils, without veils and without dancing, not to mention that according to the libretto and the biblical mythology Salomé IS supposed to finish naked.

Stunning 👏🏻

In the 7 veils dance Salomé is supposed to dance and finishing naked. No danse here.

In this opera in Salzburg，in the stage emerged the naked body of John the baptist ,He's More sexy than John's head.

Grandioso Strauss, grandiosa Asmik.

Asmick Grigorian is an accomplished artist; her commitment is always a guarantee. I don't disagree with the setting; perhaps too complicated sometimes, and with practical difficulties for the singers. The orchestra sounded so clean and safe, almost not Richard Strauss but the others Strauss...

Jochanaan tenia unn cuerpo horrible

I have to say that productions, like this one, are the reason I don't go to the opera anymore. I hate my intelligence being insulted, and this production?! did just that. What a lot of junk: non-existant everything. Oscar Wilde's stage.instructions blatantly ignored. The costumes were horrible, [were they supposed to be in a pandemic with those coloured mask-like designs on their faces?] The singing was fifth-rate. They should retire. Asmik Gregorian did so little that they should have made this a Concert performance, and her singing, of the closing scene, pushed her voice to it's very limit. Thank goodness for the Wiener Philharmoniker. Their playing was heaven. I wonder if the audience realised that they were being ripped-off?

Musikalisch sehr gut, aber kann mich fuer die inszenierung nicht begeistern.

2:03:34 "Herr Direktor! Herr Direktor!" (Monsieur Taupe) 2:08:07 [Intermezzo] 2:12:07 "Wo ist mein Bruder?" (Gräfin, Haushofmeister) 2:14:15 "Das ist ein Verhängnis" (Gräfin) 2:15:49 [Sonett I] 2:17:42 "Vergebliches Mühen die beiden zu trennen" (Gräfin) 2:19:25 [Sonett II]

After watching this last night, I thought that perhaps the audience that paid THOSE PRICES was given in advance a book explaining that idiotic, stupid, narcissistic, convoluted staging that has Salome not moving at all during the DANCE of the Seven Veils, through her singing in a bathtub of what seems to be milk and ends with her singing those difficult lines in a cistern where I hope the water was warm. And what's with the horse? Jochanaan was not man enough and as a symbol of "toxic masculinity" so they have Salome kissing a horse? Or was that some kind of allusion to Catherine the Great nymphomania which allegedly was such that she had sex with a horse? And what about Jochanaan all covered in black paint and carrying some feathers on his head, was that an allusion to "what the Americans did to the Natives" and to the "Last of the Mohicans"? What's with these Europeans? I guess it's what Pope Ratzinger said a long time ago that "Europe is being taught to hate herself". It looked like there is no "concept" behind it and those punks that form the staging team just kept on competing to see who could come up with the most outrageous idea. I noticed that Narraboth stays on stage even after Herod says "Weg mit ihm" and only gets up a little later when two characters are singing that "Jesus rises the dead". Dreadful and I truly pity those singers who went along with this insanity and probably enjoyed it too. I understand many young singers like this kind of crap, at least Grigorian seems to have really loved it, good for her. I have to say that I was extremely impressed with her, voice, acting and a beautiful woman, she handles that murderous tessitura Strauss wrote with a lot of aplomb. I also loved the Jochanaan, great voice and when he finally showed his face, what a handsome man, makes you understand why Salome went bananas over him. The Narraboth was also truly sweet, ideal for this role, the young page was marvelous and I loved the Herodias, she reminded me of Regina Resnik but with even better high notes, a true mezzo with good high notes. The Herod is best forgotten. If Peter Gelb saw this, I am sure he will bring this Rocky Horror Show to the Met, it's right up his alley, no wonder the venerable Met, which he by the way inherited from "the Carpenter" with a SURPLUS, is now almost bankrupt. One of the best parts of the whole broadcast though was to see the public so extremely well dressed, the way it should be, as opposed to the once venerable Met where people go looking like they are homeless who were given free tickets by Peter Gelb in order to make the house almost sold out. And you should see the attitude of those homeless looking people in the lobby at intermission, they walk around like they are members of the House of Windsor, in spite of their rags and their smelly sneakers. MANY RESTAURANTS IN NEW YORK HAVE A DRESS CODE, THE MET DOES NOT.

Tepid applause...

We should have a Salome production that takes place on the moon in the year 2300, because I believe that gets to the essence of what Strauss was writing about in this opera.

I've heard many Salomes at State Opera Vienna, since I was a cast member, there I did 4th Jew/Slave for quite some time there. Some performances alternating with Jörg Schneider ,doing these parts in this very performance in Salzburg. I heard Jones, Behrens and many more Salomes I can't even remember. Asmik is top of the heap in my opinion.

44:13 46:22

1:43:50 - The ending was a big let down. If Salome doesnt run in panick after Herod blunt order, the opera hasnt finished.

opera singers nowadays they dont act. they overact. it is so uncomfortable seeing them pretending to be in their role, but noone is here. they all try to make happen

a very bad conductor. too cleean and annoying.Salome has not a lot of strengh in her voice... stage direction is SOOOOOOO boring

The Wiki entry said it all came from Mahler. Hmnn.

The problem with these modern versions are they lack the decaying luxury and voluptuous decadence they are suppose to emit, and the Salome in this version has as little sex appeal as a piece of carved wood. Then the magical danse des sept voiles seem to be wasted on a wooden Salome all tied up. What a splendid Salome Rita Hayworth would have made with Charles Laughton as Herod.

The spectators will have gone home thinking they had shared an intellectual evening!. Director to kick

Absolute shite, except for the singing. An insult to Mr Strauss.

I'm shocked none of the commenters bemoaning the staging and costuming have realized at all that the suits are nor just contemporary fluff but a direct reference to modern orthodox judaism, rooted in the meaning of the story and setting. I'm not personally sold all the way on the concept (it feels somewhat like the person/s in charge have not fully considered each implication) but I appreciate the approach it makes in opposition of other recent stagings of the opera to actually engage some of the themes of religious zealotry and sexual repression/obsessesion

Brilliant.

Totally compelling production and singers. Castellucci’s opera stagings are so good. Das Rheingold in Brussels recently was very beautiful.

Pretty stupid to cut the dance sequence from this most well known opera. Gregorian is very good, indeed, but very stiff

I first heard the Yvgeney Svetlanov version. Later I had the Ormandy. I've heard various others since. This might be my single most favorite piece of music. This performance is as close to perfect as any I expect to hear. Thank you so much!

My favorite opera.

I am simply impressed at this grand production. Phenomenal.

Great oper performance

...beste mugge aller zeit-....beste stelle 1,42,30......

1:40:08

Yes children, this is opera !

5:12

Horn Probespielstelle: 2:08:06 Reif pepi

Is there anybody in the Salzburg organization who cares if the audience enjoys the production?

This is one of the most detailed and authentic pieces of music I’ve ever listened to

Awful singing and direction. She lacks the vocal power the role demands. This is just a continuation of butchery of opera

1:04:06

Just back home from her Paris concert. Disastrous. Very small volume trying to sing Salome. Barely audible . She has only two arias and she is looking at her iPad for the lyrics all the time. Oh and she is wearing a pair of sunglasses through the whole performance which is a well lit indoor concert hall. If you want to make sure nobody is looking at your eyes, you might need to choose another career path instead of being an opera singer. So disrespectful and unprofessional. And she doesn’t even have the talent and charisma for people to tolerate her unprofessional behavior. What a mediocre “star” created by all these promotions by her agent. thanks to all the recording technology made her sound big and interesting by sound balancing and remastering adjustment. She is Nothing like this in a real music hall.

1:10:05 I'm not a fan of such shows.