Strauss - Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

[hchristopher1]

Obviously, she studied dance. Obviously, she takes care of herself. Obviously, she can sing the role. What else do you want?

[MarianaTUR]

And the mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death...

[jamesjonesrocket]

sorry to lower the tone of this beautiful piece of art, but what a lovely sexy body

[avalokiteshivara]

Pior do que a cena é a coreografia da dança contemporanea.

Ñ to dizendo que ela ñ esta fazendo bem ou que ñ esta dando seu melhor, mas nunca existiu uma Salomé definitiva.

[williamthekid1000]

Who cares about dance,,,very hot ¡¡¡

[shivastotravali]

What is this, The Rite of Spring?

She should have stuck with Olympia....

[vilabreze]

@LaCageAuxGypsy

This is her stepfather Herodes whom she's trying to seduce in order to get him to behead Johanaan.

[vilabreze]

@vilabreze

Actually, I'm not sure who the young man she's danicng with is. Herodes is the man who appears at the very end.

[RushLimpball]

This should of been in HD so we can see the nudity even better!

[goldenthroat86]

A coloratura soprano singing a dramatic soprano role...WTF!!!

[OperaAdmirer]

Magnificent! The other Malfitano's Danceof seven veils is also so beautifull and seductive even it has been absolutely different!

[emilvosko2007]

the best Salome dance ever!!!

[Ocean92Soul]

This is beautiful! I like it more than Maria Ewing's!

[tenortobe]

Mahler LOVED "The Dance of the Seven veils" when Strauss played it for him on the piano. One of my top 5 favorite operas. Such a masterpiece. You can smell the sex and the rotting head and everything. It's all there in the music.

[Juancarzgz7]

Quien habrá sido el ....... que habrá marcado este video como no apto para menores.... anda que no hay cosas peores sin marcar, eso dejemósles ver la tele y su basura y prohibamos la buena música

[DerLiedmeister]

Ummm yeah that would be my voice teacher. She teaches at MSM.

Also, what kind of idiot would flag the Berlin production of Strauß's Salomé as inappropriate? Jeez...

[RushLimpball]

@DerLiedmeister Teabagger CONservatives flagged it, OK? You know, the Sarah Palin worshippers.

[pianiman]

Wilde + Strauss + some german translation in between = Heaven

Salome made me like opera. this is a great performance by the orchestra. and best dance i've seen so far on youtube. if someone knows better, please point me to it!

also is there clip from this performance of the last 5 minutes or so?

[metaphysicalangst]

It's flagged is it? Well, yes, this is exactly what a horny 15 year searches for on you tube. It's art, not pornography guys. Anyway, good show!

[Havenscope]

Apparently Salome fucks JTB's head..? Strauss, Strauss, you...

[LexieCasteel]

She kisses it, not fucks it.

[lexo30]

Of the three Salomes I've seen who get their kit off (so to speak), all are different, all are good in their own ways. Maria Ewing played her as a screwed-up good girl who was determined to be sexy and who got in way over her head; Karita Mattila was a junkie princess who was out of control; Catherine Malfitano I can only describe as "Sacred Temple Hooker". Very strange, very courageous and seriously primal.

[doji93]

franchement la nudité ne s'imposait pas.......bonjour le musée des horreurs! mais il semblerait que cette danse soit une reference........alors.......j­e prends note! actuellement netrebko dans ce role je serai pas contre.....garanca non plus mais elle n'a pas  la voix pour ce repertoire dommage hum!

[neuronauta]

Answer: The head of Jokanaan!

[jannokas85]

She has a bush! LOL.

[tenorismo]

Needs to trim a little lol

[jahciel]

Maybe she´s not a gorgeous woman, but her technique, the way she moves her hands it is dazzling. I love her performance. I have watched it hunded of times.

[operafan85]

She made her debut at the MET in 1978, if I remember well.

[tenorismo]

Yes a broad cast of Traviatta I belive with Bergonze.

[MReferee]

No man is ever going to give any head to a woman who is jumping up and down legs wide apart like a rabbit on crack. On the contrary, seeing teeth such as hers, any normal man feels an instant need to make sure his zipper is properly closed.

[vilabreze]

@MReferee

Your remark is completely beyond the pale. Obviously, you know next to nothing about how this character and this opera should be presented.

[monasore]

Je conçois une difficile réalisation, mais l'interprétation est belle.

La gestuelle parfois brusque et énergique dénote une parfaite maitrise du rythme imposé par la musique.

Une belle musique, une belle danse, quel enchantement.

[MReferee]

Not very erotic, nor subtle and it's unclear who she is dancing to. To the crowd? Her mouvements are too brisk, energetic and somehow masculine and she spends too much time legs wide apart which is quite the antithesis of sensual female eroticism. In a more subtle dance the transparent body stocking might be effective. Her teeth look a bit scary and too ready to bite so to speak.

[drakkonami]

Who cares about female sensual eroticism? It gets a little boring without some variety. The dance obviously mimics the poses on Egyptian and Grecian vases, as well as the experimental posing of the 1920s. Good enough for me, it's much harder to remember a contemporary piece than look conventionally sexy.

[vilabreze]

@MReferee

If you don't know who she's dancing to, then you don't know the opera well. Besides, the director of this performance had his ideas about how to stage the dance and if there's a momentary lack of clarity somewhere, it's due to the direction and not to Malfitano's stellar performance.

[operabuff1]

A stunning, magnificent performer !

[CrystalFlames]

I thought at first she was wearing a body suit. I was wrong. o0;

It must be hard to do the long dance then go and sing!

[celovthekid]

ma che bella... che artistesa...

[cek1111]

Funny dancing

[tenorismo]

She made her debut in 1982 in La Traviata in a met broadcast

[tenore23]

She might have made her MET debut like that, but she was a fixture of NYCO for years before that. She can be seen in telecasts of Saint of Bleeker street in 78-79 and before that she sang Susanna (with Ramey as Figaro) and other roles like that at the City opera.

[1laboheme]

She made her professional debut in 1972 at Central City Opera.

[xyvp]

FANTASTICA!

[fendibag17]

Bravo. Teresa Stratas does a better job though. I liked the singing and acting in the bryn terfel version was good but I hated the production and the way the dance was preformed.

[samalexandra]

for you all that waching that video, this performance needs a big heart. is the best think i ever expect from an actor.!!!!

[Nechronomicom]

I think not bad singer but is so much better ACTREES, WONDERFULL ACTREES.

The other version of salome where she sings with Bryn Terfel, AHHHHH GREAT ACTREES!!!!!

[APiazzolla]

Great performance, but I, personally, prefer the Maria Ewing's account... It's more natural, contemporanean... Good performance by the orchestra. Thanks for Upload. It's really, Catherine Milfitano isn't a dancer, is only a great singer, amazing soprano.

[jackys21]

excelent performance! what's the name of this actress?

[jackys21]

sorry this opera singer!

[rowasatdisney]

her name is Catherine Malfitano, there you go, dancer and singer

[No1ZmeskalFan]

I remember seeing this as a young Opera student in college. I rented it from the media library after having heard about it and I was BLOWN AWAY. I have heard tales that she was one of the few to actually be nude in this scene. WHAT A LEGEND! IMO shes one of the most captivating Opera diva's ever to grace the stage! A definite highlight in Opera's history.

[HellasItalia4]

Fantastica

[puppetoz]

This is not bad at all but if you want to see the best ever check out teresa stratas version- it's amazing

[SusannaG74]

teresa stratas indeed

[Wcross34]

I'm not keen on the dance. It's less of a dance than a series of poses. I prefer Maria Ewing's account. That ought to be posted here!

[alebarjr]

Well, please don't forget, Miss Malfitano is a SINGER, not a dancer. She should get mad props for even attempting the choreography in the middle of a demanding soprano role.

[sirmercutio99]

Holy shit you really see Cathrine naked. Excellent dancing by cathrine very modern intrprative dance.

[elf1228]

love the music!!!!

[SailorBarsoom]

A man could lose his head for her... oops.

[primadonna13]

wOW SHW E IS BRAVE