This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Jochanaan, her venomous hatred when she's rejected, the crazed look in her eyes when she demands his head--on a silver platter, no less. Such complete identification with a role, especially of a character so malignant helps make this 1974 Salome stand out among the many fine DVDs of the opera.
River of Fundament
Drama, Fantasy
6.2
The Met — Il Trovatore
Music
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Music
0.0
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Music, Drama
10.0
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Music
5.0
Maria Callas Sings Tosca, Act II
Music
0.0
Moonstruck
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.9
Cavalleria rusticana
TV Movie, Music
7.0
Giovanna D'Arco
Music
0.0
Puccini: Turandot
Music
5.5
Verdi La Traviata
Music
0.0
Hannah and Her Sisters
Comedy, Drama
7.5
The Marriage Of Figaro - Grand Théâtre de Genève
Music
0.0
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Music
7.0
The West is a Land of Infinite Beginnings
Music
0.0
Don Giovanni
Music, Drama
7.0
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
History, Drama, Romance, Adventure
0.0
A Cossack Beyond the Danube
Music, Romance
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Music
0.0
The Prompter
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.8