R. STRAUSS

SALOME

15, 17, 19 MARCH 2016

Richard Strauss’ scandalously opulent 1905 setting of Oscar Wilde’s play has lost none of its power to shock and seduce. CTO Artistic Director Matthew Wild opened the 2016 season with a spectacular new production, in striking designs by Conor Murphy (designer of Wild’s acclaimed 2015 West Side Story), Michael Mitchell and Kobus Rossouw.

CONDUCTOR GÉRARD KORSTEN
DIRECTOR MATTHEW WILD
SET DESIGN CONOR MURPHY
COSTUME DESIGN MICHAEL MITCHELL
LIGHTING DESIGN KOBUS ROSSOUW
CHOREOGRAPHER KRISTIN WILSON
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR MARVIN KERNELLE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR TARA NOTCUTT
CAPE TOWN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LEADER SUZANNE MARTENS

CAST

SALOME ALLISON OAKES
JOCHANAAN RICHARD PAUL FINK
HEROD ANTIPAS ALLAN GLASSMAN
HERODIAS VIOLINA ANGUELOV
NARRABOTH LUKHANYO MOYAKE
A PAGE JACOBI DE VILLIERS
FIRST SOLDIER XOLELA SIXABA
SECOND SOLDIES NKOSANA SITIMELA
A CAPPADOCIAN THATO MACHONA
FIRST JEW MLUNGISELELI NQADINI
SECOND JEW SIPHESIHLE MDENA
THIRD JEW MTHUNZI MBOMBELA
FOURTH JEW MONWABISI LINDI
FITH JEW LUNGILE HALAM
FIRST NAZARENE THATO MACHONA
SECOND NAZARENE VUYISA JACK
A SLAVE PALESA MALIELOA
THE BODY OF JOCHANAAN RICHARD LOTHIAN
NAAMAN ZAYNE ISAACS
JOCHANAAN UNDERSTUDY MANDISINDE MBUYAZWE

DANCERS

JOCHANAAN UNDERSTUDY JENNA RÖLL. RACHEL ABRAHAMS, JOY MILLAR, MEGAN GOLIATH, MANIE IRVING, REMO ADONIS
SALOME AS A CHILD YAKIRA DAVIDSON
SUPERS LINDA NTELEZA, PORTIA SHWANA, NOSISEKO MBUNDU, JOHANNES SLABBERT, NKULULEKO