for the 2022-23 season. With its film and video elements, his dark psychological take on the Richard Strauss opera had a strong record of revivals – since its premiere in 1996, it had been shown two more times at the COC and been picked up by several other companies. This would mark its seventh outing.“It felt that what was provocative and of its moment in 1996 needed to be re-examined,” he said in a recent interview.
Crucially, Jeanine is a female director revisiting the story of Salome. Spurned by John the Baptist, the Biblical character agrees to perform the Dance of Seven Veils for the lascivious King Herod in exchange for the Baptist’s severed head. The script for Strauss’s opera is taken from Oscar Wilde’s play, a masterful examination of unrequited love, but the character and her necrophilia remain a ripe occasion for misogyny.
Director Atom Egoyan receives applause on the red carpet for Seven Veils during the Toronto International Film Festival, on Sept. 8.But now, Jeanine would step into Egoyan’s shoes to play director. She is also closely associated with Salome: Her character has been doubly abused.
Another complex element of the film are the multiple layers of narrative styles Egoyan used to mimic the layers of Strauss’s music, in turn inspired by Wilde’s play.
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