Gerald Barry's 'Salomé'

A complete broadcast of Gerald Barry's opera 'Salome', based on the Oscar Wilde play of the same name. Richard Strauss used the same text for his 1905 opera on the biblical story of John the Baptist (or Jokanaan) and the fateful crossing of paths with Herod's daughter, Salomé. As Barry himself says of the work, 'Salome is an opera of voyeurism, the moon, French, God, punishment of sin, misunderstanding, sex, the metronome, suicide, hysteria, hunger, blood, typing, speaking correctly, sterility, The Blue Danube, the wind, fever, art, Wilde, dreaming, beheading, Frankenstein, kissing.'

First premiered in Magdeburg (in Germany), we'll hear the Irish premiere, given in April 2026 in Dublin (at the National Concert Hall) as part of Dublin New Music Festival, and recorded by RTÉ, Ireland's national public broadcaster.

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Jérôme Kuhn, conductor
Alison Scherzer, Salome
Amy Ní Fhearraigh, The Queen
Timur, The King
Vincent Casagrande, The Prisoner
Stefan Sevenich, The Young Syrian
David Howes, Soldier

Presented by Kate Molleson.