Photos © Cory Weaver, Des Moines Metro Opera

Salome (Opera)

New Production

Directed by Alison Pogorelc

Music by Richard Strauss

Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann after Oscar Wilde

Conductor: David Neely

Choreographer: Jessica Lang

Costume Designer: Jacob A. Climer

Lighting Designer: Connie Yun

Set Designer: Steven C. Kemp

Premiered Des Moines Metro Opera June 29, 2024.
"Opera should be a marriage of thrilling music and compelling theatre, and on that latter front the creative team also spectacularly delivered....It is almost too much to hope that any Salome who can so successfully sing the part, can also remotely cut the proper figure as a troubled teenager, but here too, Ms. Gartland proved to be in a league of her own. Nowhere was this more evident than when she had changed into her scanty Dance of the Seven Veils bikini, her lithesome, girlish figure instantly transforming the piece into Salome: The Swimsuit Edition. For her completely alluring physique du role, spectacular vocal gifts, and theatrical acumen, there is no finer Salome in the world right now than Sara Gartland."

- James Sohre, Opera Today Link to review

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