Setting the Scene: Salome

Antonio Pappano, music director, and Robert Carsen, opera director, take you through the main characters, storylines and music of seven great operas. Discover more about the composers and the social climate in which they created these musical works of art, while listening to key moments played on the piano.

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No, Robert Carsen, it isn't a DECAPITATED head, it's a SEVERED head or a decapitated body. John the Baptist has been decapitated, i.e. had his head cut off! Amazing exhibition, by the way!