Following the resounding success of its Ring Cycle in 2025, the UKs leading fringe opera company, Regents Opera, returns to York Hall in 2026 with a bold new staging of Richard Strauss explosive masterpiece Salome , conducted byBen Woodward [https://www.benwoodwardconductor.com/biog-en] and directed byMark Ravenhill.
With two sensational casts led by Eleanor Dennis andKirsty Taylor-Stokes, and performed in the historic East End home of British boxing, Salome will be one of the most unusual operatic experiences of the year.
Set in a surreal East London underworld, Salome is reimagined as a darkly comic feast dripping in gangland glamour. The audience will step into the world of King Herod where they will witness the grisly, seductive unraveling of one of operas greatest female characters.
For our Opening Weekend only, join an immersive dining experience - a Gala filled with glamour and gore in the heart of East London's gangland.
Welcome to Herodes' banquet and your front row seats to the ultimate dysfunctional family dinner. With music, dancing, entertainment, and food fit for a King - or at least the king of the underground - leave the 21st Century behind and step into York Hall of the late 1950's. The prize fight has just ended, and The Firm are gathering for a meal no one will ever forget.
As part of our Gala opening weekend, we are offering guests with seats at our 12 front row tables an immersive dining experience that couldn't be more up-close and personal, or more delicious. Soget your swing skirt and petticoats or sharp suit on, or come as you are, we're excited to welcome you to the celebration!
Doors 5:45, guests to be seated at 6pm. Ticket price includes a complimentary glass of bubbles eachon arrival, bottle of wine between two, served buffet dinner, dinner show and entertainment, a chance to see the cast up close as they inhabit the space in character, exclusive meet and greet with the conductor, and a goody bag of selected merchandise including asigned programme.
Numbers strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment!
CAST
SALOMEKirsty Taylor-Stokes
HERODESRobin Whitehouse
HERODIASMae Heydorn / Deborah Humble
JOCHANAANJoseph Gansert / Freddie Tong
THE PAGE Natasha Elliott / Jess Ouston
NARRABOTHJames Schouten
JEWS Davide Basso, Andrew Friedhoff, Jonathan Finney, Dominick Felix, Andrew Tinkler
NAZARENESFelix Kemp
SOLDIERSJacob Betinelli, Felix Kemp
A CAPPADOCIANGerard Delrez
A SLAVE Annabel Bigland
INFORMATION
Content warnings: partial nudity, and themes of sex and violence. Strictly 12+ only.
Running time: 90 minutes with no interval
Sung in German with English surtitles