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Richard Strauss - Salome / Dohnanyi, Malfitano, Terfel, Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Catherine Malfitano (Actor), Bryn Terfel (Actor), Hans Hulscher (Director) Rated:

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Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Anja Silja and Kenneth Riegel are featured singers in Strauss' opera. Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts the Royal Opera House orchestra. Special features include re-mastered 5.1 Surround Sound, menu screens in multiple la

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Actors: Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Anja Silja, Robert Gambill
Directors: Hans Hulscher
Writers: Hedwig Lachmann, Oscar Wilde
Format: Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Classical, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: German (DTS 5.1), German (PCM Stereo)
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
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Studio: Decca
DVD Release Date: May 13, 2003
Run Time: 109 minutes
Customer Reviews: 32 customer ratings
ASIN: B000068UXG
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Lloyd G. Kay

The sexiest production I've seen of sallam a

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2020

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One of the best productions I've seen of saddle may and without a doubt 1 of the sexiest which is necessary For salomee to get what she wants from Herod

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E. G. Bean

Horror without the gore...

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2010

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This Salome is a terrifying and emotionally exhausting experience. Catherine Malifitano owns this role. Her acting is superb, both sexy and frightening and, as usual, she looks great...writhing around like a snake throughout. Vocally she rises to the demands of the final scene in spades. Part of this is due to the sensitive conducting of Dohnanyi and the wonderful ROHCG Orchestra. Terfel is the best John the Baptist on disc. His singing, as always, is powerful and his characterization of the half-mad prophet is spot on. He also looks the part...like a big, dirty fellow who spends all his time in the desert. All of the other singers are fine with a bit of luxury casting in Robert Gambill's Naraboth (the last time I saw him he was singing Tristan!). I also loved the production by Luc Bondy. Dark, creepy and totally humourless. Sets, costumes, and choreography are stellar. I know I'm in the minority, but I prefer this production to the German Opera Berlin version (even with Sinopoli's amazing conducting). The sound and picture are also very good. Enjoy.

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great

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Keep the Laser Disk

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2003

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Gorgeous soprano Cathy Malfitano delivers a tour de force performance of Salome which graphically depicts the Hebrew princess's journey from curiosity, through infatuation, and culminating in insanity in her amorous pursuit of the ultimate party pooper John the Baptist. Her Dance of the Seven Veils was sensual, erotic, revealing, and mesmerizing. But, unfortunately, that's not the performance on this DVD. Her stellar performance was with Deutsche Oper Berlin and that is available only on VHS and Laser Disk. This DVD recording of a Covent Garden performance has some artistic merit but just isn't in the same league.
The Dance of the Seven Veils in this London performance is simply called Salome's Dance which was appropriate since we are shortchanged about 5 veils. Cathy spends a great deal of time running on and off the stage reminiscent of the Peter Sellers movie After the Fox in which Sellers directs Britt Ekland and Victor Mature to run aimlessly up and down the beach in a search for the meaning of life. At one point she was writhing on her back like a bug that had just been hit with insecticide. Not content to just watch, King Herod decided to join in and attempt to help her remove a veil. This pointless experiment with modern dance was tepid and lackluster compared with her Berlin performance.
I have no regrets about purchasing this DVD. First, the audio is excellent. Second, Bryl Terfel is superb as John the Baptist. And, I adore the delectable Ms. Malfitano and would gladly purchase a recording of her singing the phone book. The regret is that since this version is on DVD her real gem probably won't make it and it's worth whatever it costs.
If you want to see a first rate Salome on DVD get the one with Maria Ewing. When she drops the seventh veil you will join with King Herod and shout Wundervoil!

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Ann M Askew

Viva Diva Malfitano!

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2013

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Catherine Malfitano was one of my favorite sopranos in her years at the Met. I missed her very much when she left there to sing more challenging roles. She is a trenchant Salome. Terfel has no rivals as a singing actor. I really like the Met Salome with Mattila, but Catherine is more exciting and daring.

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One of the first dvds that I purchased. Was stunned by Bryn and Salome's scene - which showed him as an incredible actor .

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2014

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Malfitano and Bryn were wonderful together - as Jochanaan and Salome - and she also was electrifying in the dance of the seven viels and the final scene where she kisses the head of Jochanaan. The music,, or coruse, and the voices were marvelous.

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Donald M. Clement

Salome

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2008

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A very remarkable performance........I have just finished enjoying it for the third time in just two weeks......will treasure it.

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Britt Jansson

WOW!

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2014

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This is a sensous, lovely and really, really moving performance. The singers are fantastic and I loved the dance of Salome.

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I. Zaneres

MOST ENJOYABLE MALFITANO

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2011

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I did buy this because firstly I like the opera as it has great passion in the the music from the composer, secondly having two other versions which disappointed, and one which excelled, I felt in need of another good one, and thirdly the 5 star ratings of the other reviewers seemed a good indication.
The set is dark and ominous, and in keeping with the darkness of the opera. The costumes are ageless, not really setting a fixed period in mind, but all the same appropriate. The unillustrated booklet gives an interview with the producer, a history of the opera and a synopsis. Quite good.
The performers, Bryn Terfel is fantastic as Jochanaan, by far the best of the three versions that I own, both in singing and acting. I have never heard him sing any role better than this. Malfitano is brilliant, her voice is marvelous, facial expressions and acting superb. Other leads and minor roles are up to the job, but Siljais excellent, as other Herodias I have heard tend to shout their singing.
This is equal to the Maria Ewing Salome, though the presentations are very different. If you are a Strauss, Salome fan I think that you should own both.

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Tempus Fugit

Powerful performance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2014

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The first time I have heard this opera so am no authority, but greatly enjoyed it. Bryn Terfel makes a magnificent John the Baptist, Herod is convincingly weak and mediocre, and musically the performance is first rate. It must be said however - not wishing to be ungallant, Salome does not come off well in closeup! But then it is a stage performance, her singing is brilliant and she smoulders convincingly!

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Chainsaw Charlie

Good DVD of this classic opera

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2016

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Really enjoyed this production and Salome's carousing of John's head near the end is grotesquely fascinating. On the other hand, I laughed out loud near the beginning of her dance sequence when she flung her leg up and over the stage - NOT very sultry or sexy at all !

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Philip Day

... this one of the most interesting renditions of this wonderful Opera I enjoyed it so very much

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2016

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What more could one ask for this performance I must say this Catherine Malfitano gave this one of the most interesting renditions of this wonderful Opera I enjoyed it so very much.

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Roro

Affreux à voir, mais la distribution est formidable

Reviewed in France on March 17, 2016

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Possédant déjà quasi toutes les versions de "Salomé" en dvd, je suis longtemps passé à côté de celle-ci (filmée à Londres en 1997), que beaucoup d’aficionados considèrent pourtant comme une des meilleures, si ce n’est la meilleure, de la vidéographie. Mon amour pour l’œuvre et ma curiosité ont fini par me pousser à l’achat.
La vision de cette représentation me laisse profondément divisé : c’est visuellement hideux, mais la distribution est si exceptionnelle que ce dvd est un must pour tous ceux qui aiment "Salomé".
Le metteur en scène suisse Luc Bondy est récemment disparu, paix à ses cendres. Il y a ceux (Mortier et certains critiques, par exemple) qui le considéraient comme un génie. J’ai toujours eu du mal à comprendre pourquoi. Son affreuse "Tosca" a consterné les publics de New-York, Milan et Munich et, environ dix ans auparavant, il commettait cette cette "Salomé" (vue à Bruxelles, Salzbourg, Londres et Milan, rien que ça), qui, à mes yeux, ne vaut guère mieux.
Certes, il y a une direction d’acteurs efficace, et par-ci par-là deux ou trois bonnes idées. Mais quelle peut bien être la justification d’une telle laideur visuelle ? On reste bouche bée de stupeur face à un décor aussi hideux, et la plupart des costumes sont à l’avenant. Comme tous les metteurs en scène qui veulent passer pour "intellos", Bondy choisit bien sûr de bannir tout orientalisme. Fort bien, mais je ne vois pas en quoi ce choix devrait obligatoirement s’accompagner d’un tel parti pris de laideur.
De toutes façons on ne voit pas grand’ chose (ce qui vaut peut-être mieux) étant donné que toute la représentation se déroule dans une pénombre quasi-totale. Le peu de lumière qu’il y a filtre par de grandes fenêtres à persiennes côté cour, lesquelles donnent à l’ambiance une touche "coloniale" ici totalement hors de propos. Quand je pense que la mise en scène de Jürgen Flimm au Met (le dvd avc Karita Mattila) a été tant décriée par certains… je la trouve pour ma part infiniment préférable à cette sinistre et affreuse production !
Mais venons-en à la distribution, peut-être la meilleure, globalement, qu’ait connu cet opéra sur les trente dernières années.
La performance de Catherine Malfitano dans le rôle-titre emporte et annule toutes les réserves que l’on serait tenté de faire quant à l’adéquation (ou non) du rôle à ses moyens vocaux. Il est vrai que les aigus du rôle la poussent dans ses derniers retranchements (c’est le moins que l’on puisse dire), quant aux graves, elle ne les possède tout simplement pas. Cela étant posé, son engagement est si inconditionnel, son identification au rôle est telle que l’évidence s’impose très vite : elle est sans doute une des plus grandes interprètes que le rôle ait connu, ce que sanctionne très légitimement l’incroyable ovation qu’elle reçoit à peine la représentation terminée.
A ses côtés, le jeune Bryn Terfel est un Jochanaan aussi impressionnant vocalement que scéniquement. C’est peu dire de leur face à face qu’il est électrique, "ça a de la gueule" comme on dit. A-t-on connu Salomé plus crédible ? Jochanaan plus imposant ? Un très grand moment de théâtre musical.
Formidable également le couple Hérode/Hérodias : Kenneth Riegel et Anja Silja sont absolument parfaits, et leur impressionnante laideur physique à tous les deux devient un atout : le reflet des âmes corrompues de ce couple monstrueux. Précisons que ces quatre fantastiques interprètes possèdent tous un allemand absolument limpide, ce qui augmente encore considérablement le plaisir du spectateur/auditeur.
Seconds rôles impeccables, avec mention spéciale pour le très bon Narraboth de Robert Gambill.
Dans la fosse, Christoph von Donhanyi a ses moments heureux (une très belle danse), mais sa direction parfois léthargique ne saurait à aucun moment rivaliser avec les références dans cette œuvre (Böhm et Sinopoli avant tout).
En conclusion : une "Salomé" à connaître, c’est sûr, pour son extraordinaire distribution.

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Reviewed in Germany on May 14, 2010

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Es gibt allgemein viel Gemecker über Malfitanos Salome. Sie sei nicht sinnlich, nicht erotisch genug. Wie soll eine Sängerin über eine der Salome angemessene Stimme verfügen und trotzdem das kindlich-naiv-lolitahafte Wesen besitzen, das diese Figur angeblich auszeichnet? Hier dürfen Abstriche gemacht werden. Und dann ist Malfitano plötzlich eine gute Besetzung, nicht nur optisch. Sie ist fasziniert von Jochanaan, seine Männlichkeit interessiert sie genau so wie sein Intellekt. In Herodes' Palast herrscht Verblödung, da kommt dieser Prophet gerade recht. Stimmlich ist Malfitano hier in einem Grenzbereich angekommen, da mag der eine oder andere Ton nicht so sauber sein, trotzdem kann ich nachvollziehen, was ihre Salome antreibt. Ihren Tanz finde ich spannend, ihre Tanzsprache völlig adäquat. Terfel ist ein fulminanter Jochanaan, welch eine Stimme, wie sie strömt. Ein Kraftpaket. Siljas Herodias natürlich vom Feinsten, Dohnanyis Dirigat erregt, Bondys Regie, da stimme ich zu, eher Krimi denn Dekadenz. Es gibt gute Salomes auf DVD, dies ist eine davon.

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Prospero

Thriller ohne Erotik

Reviewed in Germany on February 1, 2005

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Was bleibt von Salomé, wenn man die Erotik einfach weginszeniert und aus dem Erotikthriller einen düsteren Krimi macht? Wen das interssiert, dem sei diese DVD empfohlen. Die anderen Salomé-Fans werden vielleicht mangels einer akustisch und interpretatorisch befriedigenden DVD-Alternative auf diese DVD zurückgreifen.
Luc Bondys Inszenierung taucht die gesamt Handlung in ein zwischen schwarz und mitternachtsblau changierendes Dunkel. Der Farbreichtum der Strauss'schen Instrumentationskunst und die Fantasiefülle der Dichtung von Oscar Wilde findet dabei keinen optischen Ausdruck. Anders als die vorherigen Reszensenten halte ich den Tanz der sieben Schleier für den optischen Tiefpunkt dieser Inszenierung. Ich sehe dort keinen erotischen Tanz eines Mädchens, ich sehe auch keine Ideen verwirklicht, wie man den Tanz anders auf die Bühne bringen könnte. Das einzige, was ich sehe, ist ein eher hilfloses Tapsen, Stampfen und Drehen einer Salomé, die Herodes und dem DVD-Zuschauer besser etwas vorgesungen als -getanzt hätte. Tänzerisch und inszenatorisch eine einzige Peinlichkeit.
Doch kommen wir zu den erfreulicheren Seiten der Aufnahme: Die Malfitano singt berückend schön; ihre Stzimme besitzt ein wunderbar junges Timbre. Bryn Terfel als Jochanaan sieht so gewaltig aus wie seine Worte klingen. Vielleicht schleudert er seine Flüche manchmal gar zu heftig hinaus, aber er ist auf jeden Fall eine mehr als respektable Besetzung. Wenn man Robert Gambill hört und sieht, wünscht man sich, Strauss hätte die Partie des Narraboth größer angelegt. Anja Silja singt und spielt zuverlässig gut die Zicke Herodias. Für meinen Geschmack das beste an dieser Aufführung ist jedoch Kenneth Riegel als Herodes. Riegel reizt das Komische der Rolle voll aus. Seine Stimme klingt dabei so hysterisch und zugleich so rein, daß es eine Wonne ist.
Fazit: gute Sänger, aber laue Inszenierung. Wir warten auf ein besseres Konkurrenzprodukt.

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Vom Blut, vom Mond und vom Wahnsinn

Reviewed in Germany on April 13, 2003

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Ich hatte schon die Befürchtung, daß sich eine Rezension vollkommen erübrigen würde. Diese Aufführung ist so gut und überzeugend, daß man vollkommen in der schön-schaurigen Geschichte versinken, an manchen Stellen fast schon selbst den Tod mit seinen Flügeln schlagen hören. Und fast nichts sticht so hervor, daß man es noch zusätzlich diskutieren bräuchte. Außer der Besetzung. Besonders einprägsam stapft natürlich Bryn Terfel als massiver Prophet Jochanaan über die Bühne; aber die wahre Attraktion ist Catherine Malfitano. Sie spielt sich beinahe die Seele aus dem Leib, findet für alle Gefühlslagen auch einen visuellen Ausdruck, und bringt ihre Salome erstaunlich jugendlich herüber. Höhepunkt ist erwartungsgemäß der Tanz der sieben Schleier, hier mehr der Tanz mit sieben Schleiern, und Catherine Malfitano bringt ihn unglaublich intensiv herüber, so daß die erotische Spannung nicht mehr allein musikalisch erfahrbar wird.

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A translation from Oscar Wilde into German [and sung in ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2017

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A translation from Oscar Wilde into German [and sung in German] English singers with rare lapses of German.
One problem with 'high' opera, singing too loud without enough 'sotto voce' for real feeling.
An enjoyable treat, tho' I find R Strauss heavy listening!

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Rundum gelungen!

Reviewed in Germany on August 14, 2002

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Bei dieser "Salome" passt einfach alles. Vor allem die hervorragenden Sängerdarsteller beeindrucken, allen voran die wunderbar intensiv spielende Catherine Malfitano, die sogar den Tanz der sieben Schleier selbst tanzt!

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UNE VERSION INTERESSANTE

Reviewed in France on November 9, 2009

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Une version intéresssante de Salomé, un opéra que j'adore. Malfitano est sulfureuse, malsaine, folle, le décor de Bondy est glauque à souhait et les voix des chanteurs très straussiennes, pourtant je préfère la version Ewing/Devlin car elle est plus passionnée, elle devient au fond, au delà de la folie et de la sauvagerie, une sombre histoire d'amour. Dans la version Ewing qui est tout aussi sauvage que Malfitano,les chanteurs et les décors n'en rajoutent pas dans le glauque, après tout la tête coupée de Jokanaan suffit largement pour comprendre le drame. C'est une version sauvage mais épurée du glauque et par contre on ressent surtout le côté érotique et amoureux de l'histoire. Intéressant à comparer les versions.Sans compter qu'à mon avis le "couple" Devlin/Ewing est davantage justifié, pour moi entre Malfitano et Terfel il n'y a pas d'amour il n'y a que de la folie tandis que chez Ewing/Devlin nous sommes en pleine folie d'amour.

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"I will kiss thy lips ..." (Salomé)

Reviewed in Germany on November 18, 2003

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Die filmische Adaption des antiken Stoffes finde ich wunderbar gelungen. Da ich aber als Grundlage für diese Rezension Oscar Wilde's Drama-Version von 1893, bzw. die englische Fassung von 1894, verwendete, kann ich - leider - nicht wie die anderen Rezensenten 5 Sterne (deluxe) vergeben.
Als echtes Highlight erscheint auf dieser DVD der Tanz der Sieben Schleier: man(n) kann durchaus verstehen, warum Herod eben dieser Salomé verfallen ist und obwohl er mit allen Mitteln versucht, aus dem Deal mit ihr herauszukommen das Opfer bringen muss.
Trotz allem eine hervorragende Leistung, nicht zuletzt wegen der musikalischen Unteralung, die punktgenau auf jede einzelne Sequenz perfekt abgestimmt ist. Zudem ist das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ein ordentliches.

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N.H.N. MILLS

Opera at its very best.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2014

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Richard Strauss's music in Salome and Elektra is unsurpassed in tender beauty in places and unmatched in savage violence. Makes The Rite of Spring seem suitable for the vicarage garden party.

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