Special Screening ‘Richard Strauss – Salome (Salzburg Festival 2018)’

Presented by Unitel

It was the opera sensation of the year, the Süddeutsche Zeitung called it “the miracle of Salzburg”, the Financial Times “a Salome to end all Salomes”! In Romeo Castelucci’s staging at the famous Felsenreitschule, Asmik Grigorian propelled herself to international soprano stardom. With her endlessly powerful voice and mesmerizing acting abilities, she stunned the worldwide critics: Asmik Grigorian “is not a singer, she is Salome” (The New York Times).

GENRE Opera MUSIC STYLE Classical music PROGRAMME FORMAT Live recording PRODUCTION COMPANY ORF – Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Unitel CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY 3sat EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Karin Veitl  PRODUCTION YEAR 2018 DURATION 112 min RECORDING LOCATION Salzburg Festival 2018 – Felsenreitschule COMPOSER Richard Strauss CONDUCTOR Franz Welser-Möst ORCHESTRA Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ORIGINAL TEXT Oscar Wilde SOLOISTS Asmik Grigorian, Gabor Bretz, John Daszak, Julian Prégardien, Romeo Castellucci, Anna Maria Chiuri DIRECTOR Henning Kasten DISTRIBUTION TV Unitel