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 ...

Review: The real star of Lyric Opera’s ‘Salome’ is Strauss’ extraordinary score

The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to ...
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.

Review: In ‘Salome’ by Lyric Opera, devastating excess is the point

Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Veils will lift on Opera Theatre's 'Salome' At once sensual and horrifying, Richard Strauss' challenging opera boasts thrilling music.

Gorgeous music, an intelligent text, a sensuous dance and a killer role for the soprano: They're all part of Richard Strauss' "Salome." Opera Theatre of St. Louis' first production of "Salome" opens ...
Yahoo

‘Seven Veils’ review: The operatics are everywhere in this backstage melodrama

Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan scored a fair-sized sensation with his 1996 Canadian Opera Company production of the Richard Strauss opera “Salome” — the one about the stepdaughter of the depraved King ...