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Travel Pick: Opera in United States
Salome

Karita Mattila as Salome
Photo: Richard Avedon
© 2008 the Richard Avedon Foundation

Salome: By Richard Strauss
UNITED STATES
NEW YORK • Metropolitan Opera • 23 September - 16 October 2008

Richard Strauss: Salome
Libretto: Hedwig Lachmann after Oscar Wilde

Salome: Karita Mattila
Herodias: Ildikó Komlósi
Herod: Kim Begley
Narraboth: Joseph Kaiser
Jokanaan: Juha Uusitalo

Patrick Summers, conductor

Production: Jürgen Flimm
Set & Costume Designer: Santo Loquasto
Lighting Designer: James F. Ingalls
Choreographer: Doug Varone

Metropolitan Opera Web Site

Detailed schedule information:
8:00 pm

Contact:

Lincoln Center
New York, New York 10023
Tel: (1) 212 362 60 00