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Salomé’ Opens at Teatro Colón in Bárbara Lluch’s Psychoanalytic New Production

The staging channels Buenos Aires’s psychoanalytic tradition to reframe Strauss’s heroine through trauma and obsession.

Overview

  • Performances run from late October into early November 2025 at the Teatro Colón with six scheduled dates.
  • Stage director Bárbara Lluch presents an abstract, symbolist concept that avoids literal settings to keep the story timeless.
  • Philippe Auguin leads the Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón, with the director praising his detailed, drama-shaping reading of the score.
  • Ricarda Merbeth and Carla Filipcic Holm alternate in the title role, with alternating casts also featured for Herod, Herodias, Jochanaan and Narraboth.
  • The creative team includes scenography by Daniel Bianco, costumes by Clara Peluffo, lighting by Albert Faura and choreography by Mercè Grané, as Lluch underscores the work’s contemporary resonance and the role’s exceptional vocal and dramatic demands.