SALOMÉ, DE RICHARD STRAUSS

Salome, Royal Opera House, London

Independent Mon, 25 Feb 2008 4:43 PM PST

There was a time when a body-double was used for Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils. Now it's a case of casting a soprano who has what it takes to remove that final veil. Or is it? In David McVicar's typically uncompromising new production, Nadja Michael's lissomly girlish Salome is wearing more at the end of her dance than at the start.

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