RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Salome

114:19

Opera in one act

Libretto by the composer after Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name

English translation of the German by Tom Hammond

Scene One

1

'How fair the royal Princess Salome looks tonight'

2:43

Narraboth, Page, First Soldier, Second Soldier

2

'After me shall come another'

2:41

Jokanaan, Second Soldieer, First Soldier, Cappadocian, Naarraboth, Page

Scene Two

3

'I will not stay there. I cannot stay there'

2:09

Salome, Page, Jokanaan

4

'Who spoke then, who was that calling out?'

3:51

Salome, Second Soldier, Narraboth, Slave, First Soldier, Jokanaan, Page

5

'You will do this for me, Narraboth'

3:21

Salome, Narraboth

Scene Three

6

'Where is he, he, whose sins are now without number?'

5:07

Jokanaan, Salome, Narraboth

7

'He is terrible'

4:54

Salome, Narraboth, Jokanaan

8

'Jokanaan! I am in love with your pale flesh, Jokanaan!'

2:59

9

'I'm enamoured of your hair, Jokanaan'

2:43

Salome, Jokanaan

10

'It's your mouth that I desire, Jokanaan'

11:08

Salome, Jokanaan, Narraboth

Scene Four

11

'Where is Salome?'

4:06

Herod, Herodias, First Soldier

12

'Salome, come drink wine with me'

2:47

Herod, Salome, Herodias

13

'See, the tiem is upon us'

3:38

Jokanaan, Herodias, Herod, Jews, First Nazarene

14

'Brothers, they day is near us, the day of the Lord'

2:51

Jokanaan, Herod, First Nazarene, First Jew, Second Nazarene, Herodias

15

'Men shall soon rebel against this dissolute woman'

2:12

Jokanaan, Herodias, Herod

16

'Dance for me, Salome'

4:25

Hrod, Herodias, Salome, Jokanaan

17

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils

9:30

18

'Ah, heavenly! Wonderful, woonderful!'

7:27

Herod, Salome, Herodias

19

'Salome, just think what you're doing'

3:13

Herod, Salome, Jews

20

'Gie me the head of Jokanaan!'

2:12

Salome, Herod, Herodias

21

'I hear no noise from below there'

2:36

22

'Ah! You would not let me kiss your mouth, Jokanaan!'

6:47

23

'Your body was an ivory column'

5:32

Salome

24

'You have an evil monster for a daughter'

5:29

Herod, Herodias, Salome

25

Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils (concert version)

9:37

John Graham-Hall tenor - Herod Antipas

Sally Burgess mezzo-soprano - Herodias

Susan Bullock soprano - Salome

John Wegner baritone - Jokanaan

Andrew Rees tenor - Narraboth

Rebecca de Pont Davies mezzo-soprano - Herodias's page

Anton Rich tenor - First Jew

Wynne Evans tenor - Second Jew

Colin Judson tenor - Third Jew

Alasdair Elliott tenor - Fourth Jew

Jeremy White bass - Fifth Jew

Michael Druiett bass - First Nazarene

Robert Parry tenor - Second Nazarene

Graeme Broadbent bass - First Soldier

Alan Ewing bass - Second Soldier

Roger Begley bass - Cappadocian

Gerald Strainer tenor - Slave

Sir Charles Mackerras

16-18 and 20-22 December 2007