Sir Edward Downes: Strauss Salome, Maria Ewing in the title role

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Richard Strauss - Salome
Edward Downes in the recording studio, 1971.
Edward Downes in the recording studio, 1971. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



Maria Ewing as Salome
Michael Devlin as John the Baptist
Kenneth Riegel as Herod
Gillian Knight as Herodias (Salome's Mother)
Robin Leggate as Narraboth (Captain of the Guard)

Conductor: Sir Edward Downes
Director: Peter Hall
Designer: John Bury

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

English subtitles
Salome With the Head of John the Baptist, by C...
Salome With the Head of John the Baptist, by Caravaggio, c. 1607 (National Gallery, London). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, audi...
London, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, auditorium detail (Photo credit: Wikipedia)