La bohème 2023 Programme

WAITING
FOR SALOME
“As a director, one of the things that
interest me is Salome’s journey –
from first appearance, a slightly
frightened child, to curious, to desiring
John the Baptist fiercely, eventually
transforming, through the dance, into
a determined and frightening woman.
A journey from dream to nightmare.
Strauss takes this story and delivers a
shocking, punchy and thrilling opera.”
BRUNO RAVELLA, DIRECTOR
“Last March’s INO production of
Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier has been
my operatic highlight of the year. I
am seriously excited at the prospect
of more Strauss next March, and the
passionate Salome at that! I cannot
wait to see what the creative team –
director Bruno Ravella and conductor
Fergus Sheil from Der Rosenkavalier,
with designer Leslie Travers in his INO
debut – are going to conjure up for us.”
JEAN FLITCROFT, AUTHOR AND INO MEMBER
MARCH 2024
NATIONAL OPERA HOUSE, WEXFORD
SUN 3 MARCH CONCERT PERFORMANCE
BORD GÁIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
TUE 12 | THUR 14 | FRI 15 | SAT 16 MARCH
BOOKING on www.irishnationalopera.ie
Image: Ludwig Hohlwein’s poster for the Richard
Strauss-Woche festival in Munich in 1910.
“Salome has exquisite moments of
beauty alongside music of the most
extreme passion. I love its emotional
range. It’s big, it’s bad, it’s sensual, it’s
explosive. For me it’s a 100-minute
non-stop roller coaster ride.”
FERGUS SHEIL, CONDUCTOR
“In art (if not life) the greatest rapture
stems from endless longing – a
fulfilment that’s endlessly, deliciously
deferred. Which is why I find Strauss’s
Salome one of the most sensuous,
intoxicating works on the opera stage.
Heady desire, spun out to its very limit
in gorgeous arabesques of sound.
Sinéad Campbell-Wallace as Salome is
pure diamond casting.”
LIZ NOLAN, RTÉ LYRIC FM PRESENTER
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