Long before Oscar Wilde’s interpretation, the figure of Salome already appeared in the Bible. There, the story was about how King Herod, his stepdaughter Salome, and John the Baptist (Jochanaan) each lose their heads—although in very different ways...

Sa­lo­me

Schiller Theater

Angelina introduces herself to the audience in Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola with a wistful song about the king who chooses the right one from among three sisters to be his wife – a prophetic text, as will become clear as the plot progresses.

La Cenerentola

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Director Barrie Kosky plunges us into a nightmarish, wildly exaggerated satire, with marching noses, rolling rickshaw tables, and caricatured protagonists in garish costumes that straddle folklore and historicism, all unfolding within a cold, bleak setting that feels claustrophobic despite its size. This surrealist story of the insecure and paranoid upstart Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov is transformed into a absurd, kaleidoscopic revue of the vanities, an unsettling collision of Wozzeck and Alice in Wonderland with its own ‘irrational’ logic.

Andrew Nolen

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 15 - Apr 6, 2026

The Nose · Komische Oper Berlin

Past events

Nov 22, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026

Salome · Komische Oper Berlin

Mar 20 - May 13, 2025

La Cenerentola · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

2. Employee / 3. Policeman / 5. Gentleman / 3. Acquaintance of Kovalev in The Nose by Shostakovich

Komische Oper Berlin

Alidoro in La Cenerentola by Rossini

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Fifth Jew in Salome by Strauss

Komische Oper Berlin

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Andrew Nolen

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 15 - Apr 6, 2026

The Nose · Komische Oper Berlin

Past events

Nov 22, 2025 - Jan 3, 2026

Sa­lo­me · Komische Oper Berlin

Mar 20 - May 13, 2025

La Cenerentola · Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

2. Employee / 3. Policeman / 5. Gentleman / 3. Acquaintance of Kovalev in The Nose by Shostakovich

Komische Oper Berlin

Alidoro in La Cenerentola by Rossini

Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Fifth Jew in Salome by Strauss

Komische Oper Berlin

About

Andrew Nolen hasn't added a bio

Salome · Komische Oper Berlin