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The Teatro Alla Scala mounted and Luc Bondy directed this 2007 production of Richard Strauss's opera Salome, about the request of Herod's daughter to have the head of John the Baptist delivered to her on a platter. It stars Nadja Michael in the title role, plus Falk Struckmann, Iris Vermillion and Peter Bronder; The Orchestra of the Teatro Alla Scala lends added musical support with Daniel Harding conducting.