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Title 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.

Imprint

West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2001], c1992.

Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Brand Library DVD		B STRAU-R SAL D49DVD	Available

Description	1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col., 4 3/4 in.
Note	"Production in association with Los Angeles Music Center Opera"--Container.
	Videodisc release of a 1992 performance orginally produced for television broadcast.
Credits	Choreography, Elizabeth Keen ; camera, Mike Whitcutt ... [et al.] ; editor, Ross MacGibbon ; executive producer, Revel Guest.
Performer	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.
System Details	DVD; Dolby digital stereo.
Language	Sung in German with English subtitles.
Subject	Salome (Biblical figure) -- Drama.
	John, the Baptist, Saint -- Drama.
	Herod I, King of Judea, 73-4 B.C. -- Drama.
	Operas.
Genre/Form	DVD-Video discs.
Added Author	Lachmann, Hedwig. Translator.
	Hall, Peter. Director. 1936-1996
	Bailey, Derek. Director.
	Ewing, Maria. voc
	Devlin, Michael, 1942- voc
	Riegel, Kenneth. voc
	Knight, Gillian. voc
	Leggate, Robin. voc
	Downes, Edward. Conductor.
	Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Salome.
	Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Salomé.
	Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra. Instrumentalist.
	Royal Opera House (London, England) Producer.
	Channel Four (Great Britain) Producer.
	Covent Garden Pioneer. Producer.
	Los Angeles Music Center Opera. Producer.
	Kultur International Films. Publisher.
ISBN	0769714943
Standard No.	032031149496
Music No.	D1494 Kultur