The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to ...
Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...
The story of Salome comes to us from the Bible. She is the daughter of Herodias and Herod II. Her mother later marries her ...
Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...
One of the biggest challenges opera companies face is balancing their audiences’ unquenchable thirst for seeing the same dozen or so classic works with the need to present less-known and newer works ...
Director Claus Guth reimagines the biblical tale through Oscar Wilde’s haunting play. The first new production of the opera at the Met in 20 years, director Claus Guth reimagines the biblical tale ...
MONTREAL — Richard Strauss' “Salomé” may be most notorious for its “Dance of the Seven Veils” or Salomé's erotic embrace with the head of John the Baptist, but the composer's rich setting of Oscar ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salome, on stage January 25 through February 14, 2026. Holloway will step into the role ...
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