When they say that they cannot disobey Herod’s orders, she coaxes Narraboth into agreeing. She orders the soldiers to bring the prisoner to her. Jokanaan’s voice rings out through the night, and Salome, fascinated, decides she must speak with him. They are interrupted by the appearance of princess Salome, who, disgusted with her stepfather Herod’s lecherous glances at her, has left the banquet hall and come out onto the terrace. He prophesies the coming of the Messiah, and the soldiers argue about him, disputing his saintliness. The voice of the prophet Jokanaan (John the Baptist) is heard coming from an old cistern, where the holy man has been kept prisoner by Herod. A page warns him that he is staring too intently at the princess and that evil will come of it. On a moonlit terrace in Herod’s palace in Judea, Narraboth, captain of the guard, rhapsodizes over the beauty of princess Salome. International Friends of the Israeli Opera.Shlomi Shaban and the Camerata - Reflections.Saturday Morning Opera Highlights 16-17. Saturday Morning Opera Highlights | 15-16.Saturday Morning Opera Highlights 2017-18.Falling in Love with Music with Gil Shohat.Saturday Opera Highlights | Season 21-22.Shlomi Shaban and the Camerata - Reflections | Season 21-22.
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