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Salomé

1992 · 104 min

A staged opera that plays like a fever dream, all sumptuous music and mounting dread around obsession and death.

Directed by
Peter Hall, Derek Bailey
Genres
Music
Starring
Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel
Overview
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 2 June 1992.

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Directed by
Peter Hall, Derek Bailey
Genres
Music
Starring
Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • death
  • power
  • betrayal
  • madness
Places
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism4
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
music
Directed by
Peter Hall, Derek Bailey
Written by
Hedwig Lachmann
Starring
Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Kenneth Riegel, Gillian Knight, Robin Leggate, Fiona Kimm, Roderick Earle, Eric Garrett
Music
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Runtime
104 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
German

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