Herod is so well pleased with her dance that he makes an oath: to give Salome whatever she asks, up to half his kingdom. Salome consults with her mother Herodias, who urges her to ask for the head of ...

When Herod begs Salome to dance for him, she agrees, but her price is Jochanaan’s head on a silver platter. She is delivered her prize, but Herod is so appalled by her behavior with the severed ...

Director Claus Guth’s production of Salome at the Metropolitan Opera is heavily laden with psychoanalytic symbols. King Herod’s titular stepdaughter, dressed in a Victorian-era children’s ...

Salome’s request distressed King Herod because he felt compelled to honor his promise in front of his distinguished guests. Consequently, he sent an executioner with the order to bring John’s head on ...

The political: what to do with the opera’s centerpiece and centerfold, the Dance of the Seven Veils, which leaves Salome nude before Herod and us all. Heartbeat, never ones to play it straight ...

Salome is a dark and provocative opera centered on the biblical story of King Herod’s stepdaughter and her obsessive desire for John the Baptist (Jochanaan). Captivated by Jochanaan’s purity and ...

Catalan painter, Salome Dancing before Herod, Tempera & gold on wood, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Books. February 2025. Herod gets a pass. ... smart, and wise man—not the villain of the ...

Salome, princess of Judea, the daughter‑in‑law of King Herod, finds life in her father‑in‑law’s palace dreary. Her curiosity is roused when she hears the voice of Jochanaan, a prophet ...

Even before the orchestra squirms in, ... King Herod. The fin-de-siècle ... an excavation of Salome’s troubled past. The Dance of the Seven Veils, ...