WBEZ

What to know about the darkly twisted ‘Salome,’ which is back at the Lyric Opera after two decades

Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...
Chicago Reader

Losing your head at Lyric

Lyric stages Richard Strauss's twisted but thrilling Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, for the first time in 20 years.
The New York Times

Seven Takes on Opera’s Most Lurid Dance

Performances in N.Y.C. In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history. Manon Fleur Antonio and ...
Observer

Claus Guth’s ‘Salome’ at the Met Says the Quiet Part Loud

Staged in deepest black and dingy white, Guth’s production is unapologetic in its symbolism. It opens on a girl playing with a doll in relative silence. She breaks off its arms moments before that ...
The New York Times

Review: The Met Opera’s New ‘Salome’ Fractures Its Princess

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Oscar Wilde’s Play About a Biblical Temptress Was Banned From the British Stage for Decades

“Salome,” a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphs into bloodlust E.R. Zarevich ...