Dramaturge

Under the face of the wandering moon, spirit and body quarrel in all their greatness and wretchedness until the blood of two bodies flows. Strauss remains close to Wilde's re-creation of the biblical material, which leads Salome from her mother's tool to autonomy. It is she who, in her unfulfilled desire for the liberatingly different, the body of the prophet Jochanaan, seeks revenge and demands his head - a price the male-dominated society around Herod is willing to pay for their dance. Now that Salome holds his severed head in her hands, she can kiss Jochanaan, possess him if not alive, then dead. As if under a burning glass, Strauss pours Oscar Wilde's demonic dramaturgy into sound like an eruption of the psyche, accompanying his protagonist from her failed escape from the decadence of her existence to her death.

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Salome

Staatsoper Hamburg

Tcherniakov's production of "The Flying Dutchman" is a radical, psychologically dense interpretation that brings clear visual symbolism, strong female characters and a modern thriller scenario.

Dramaturge

Tatiana Verestchagina

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Jul 29 - Aug 23, 2026

The Flying Dutchman · Bayreuther Festspiele

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5 - 12 Oct, 2025

Salome · Staatsoper Hamburg

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