Hyde Park Herald

A blood-drenched ‘Salome’ is too much of the wrong thing

The story of Salome comes to us from the Bible. She is the daughter of Herodias and Herod II. Her mother later marries her ...
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.
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Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below]

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The Forward

Is this salacious opera a critique of Jewishness — or a celebration of its complexity?

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 dress ...