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Over the course of two uninterrupted hours, Strauss\u2019 \u201cSalome\u201d must develop from a clueless ing\u00e9nue to a passionate seductress that eventually ends up a murderous, lustful lunatic. It is the dream role for any actress, but also one that demands a grade-A star to dispatch all of its nuance and intense passions.<\/p>\n

Patricia Racette<\/a> was not supposed to be the one tasked with carrying the Met\u2019s \u201cSalome\u201d this season. That assignment had originally fallen on Catherine Nagelstad, who withdrew weeks before the opening night. So Racette, who sang the role earlier this year, stepped in for her Met role debut this past Monday. On Friday, Dec. 9, she dominated the stage in one of her greatest achievements on the Met stage.<\/p>\n

A Well-Defined Character Arc<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her Salome is every bit the \u201cinnocent\u201d unknowing girl at the start of the opera as her delicate voice questions why King Herod has been staring at her so insistently. She wandered about the stage until hearing the voice of Jochanaan (\u017deljko Lu\u010di\u0107). At that point, Racette\u2019s <\/a>voice took on a thicker complexion, the vibrato, which was nearly non-existent in opening passages, gaining momentum as Salome\u2019s passion rose.<\/p>\n

Her lustful passion flowered through the ensuing scene with Lu\u010di\u0107, the confusion over her desires and the rejection potently portrayed. In one moment, she was attempting her best to seduce him, moving suggestively toward him, her voice delicate. But upon being spurned, there would be more pointed accents in the vocal phrases, her glare penetrating even from across the stage.<\/p>\n

By then she was no longer the \u201cinnocent\u201d girl from the start and as she sat atop a scaffold over Jochanaan\u2019s cell, she turned her back to the audience and expressed her pensive state with very still body language. When Herodes (Gerhard Siegel) did his utmost to seduce her, Racette showed another facet of the character, this time a playful indifference that created great friction with Siegel\u2019s more invasive approach.<\/p>\n

And then Racette really turned up her sensual nature throughout the famed \u201cDance of the Seven Veils,\u201d displaying a fearlessness in every aspect of the dance. As it climaxed, she stared right at Herodes and stripped herself completely naked, a moment that created audible astonishment throughout the Met audience.<\/p>\n

Of course, the moment every connoisseur of the opera awaits is the final scene in which Salome finally receives Jochannan\u2019s head on a silver platter and obsesses about having it in her power and yet wanting more. The soprano is tasked with blasting her voice over a titanic orchestral sound, which Racette had no qualms about doing, pushing her vocal resources to their intense limit. Hers was a ferocious interpretation, cajoling the head in some moments and then looking like she was ready to tear it apart like an animal. At one point, her voice dipped into its lower register, all the brightness sucked out for a deadly vocal phrase filled with resentment.<\/p>\n

Gerhard Siegel Matches Racette’s Dramatic Nuance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Siegel was fascinating as Herodes, giving the Tetrarch a complex arc in his own right. We hear about the King long before he is on stage, anticipating his lecherous nature. Siegel did not disappoint in this respect, though he made Herodes far from a potent looking king. He slipped on the floor in a moment of wondrous believability and pouted in other moments as he demanded why Salome had left his party despite his wishes. When he came around to winning over Salome, he climbed up on the scaffolding, his stare full of insatiable desire. His singing oozed desire with emphatic diction and swelling phrases. Yet for all his attempts, his Herodes came off rather weak-willed, making for interesting drama when the King finally does his best to protest Salome\u2019s wish for Jochanaan\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

One aspect of Strauss\u2019 work that is often overlooked is the King\u2019s own religious fervor. He is hanging out with the Jewish High Priests and repeatedly mentions that he feels a menace coming toward him. He imagines crows hovering over his gardening (an image that J\u00fcrgen\u00a0Flimm\u2019s production portrays late in the work). Strauss portrays these beautiful with the strings emulating the entrancing wind. Herodes own fears drive his protection of Jochanaan and Siegel\u2019s errant rambling about the stage throughout this passage, his voice growing in intensity as he offered up jewels, gems and half his kingdom to his stubborn step-daughter. If ever a King was dethroned onstage, Siegel\u2019s performance was it.<\/p>\n

Nancy Fabiola Herrera Leads Solid Supporting Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n

As his wife Herodias was mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera, celebrating her 11th year at the Met. Hers was a frustrated Queen, her catty nature giving a very naturalistic quality to the onstage bickering between husband and wife. Watching her and Siegel battle was akin to watching a couple in the autumn of their marriage trying to find a way to get along and then realizing that one-upping each other was more fulfilling. Her voice boomed at the emphatic passages Strauss litters throughout the opera for her, the potency of the voice perhaps more suited to taking down the behemoth orchestra than anyone else in the cast.<\/p>\n

As Jochanaan, Lu\u010di\u0107 showed vocal and physical restraint, imbuing the prophet with a sense of dignity. Kang Wang sang with elegance and fervor as the young Narraboth.<\/p>\n

In the pit, Johannes Debus managed to bring out lush and powerful sound from the Metropolitan Orchestra, the waves of music so potent that they even threatened to drown out the singers at times. Arguably the most memorable moment of the evening from the orchestra came in the tense moments where Jochanaan is beheaded. Over a light tremolo, we hear sharp intermittent attacks from the basses, piercing sounds that are as dangerous-sounding as the action unfolding offstage.<\/p>\n

Flimm’s Production a Subtle Updating With Unique Insights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flimm\u2019s production<\/a> updates the action to what looks like the 1920\u2019s. The stage is divided in half with stage right featuring a luxurious patio from Herodes\u2019 palace while stage left showcases the desert and the well where Jochanaan\u2019s cell lies deep underground. The divide seems to suggest the social divide that is represented by the wealthy king and the poor prophet. It also emphasizes the two men that come to dominate Salome\u2019s psyche and drive her to madness. She is a wealthy princess, used to having anything she desires and yet she rejects the man that represents all of this in favor of a desperate passion for a man who rejects everything that she is. Salome\u2019s wardrobe also expresses her descent into madness. When we first see her, she sports a silver dress hinting at her luxury as well as her \u201cinnocence.\u201d But by the end, she is wearing a black robe that not only emphasizes her darkness but also draws her closer to the wardrobe one might anticipate from the poor prophet Jochanaan.<\/p>\n

Racette still has four more performances in the title role of Strauss\u2019 early gem and it is highly recommended that anyone in the mood for an intense passionate night of great operatic singing, and especially acting, should make sure to catch one performance before the run is up.<\/p>\n

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