The New Criterion

Losing your head

On Richard Strauss’s Salome, directed by Lydia Steier, at the Opéra Bastille. On May 9, the Opera Bastille saw one of the most anticipated debuts of the international operatic season: the soprano Lise ...
Houston Press

Salome: The Old Gal’s Still Got It at Houston Symphony

For its mini-Richard Strauss festival, Houston Symphony has bracketed the three-program presentation with his first great operatic masterpiece, Salome, performed in concert staging. Branded as ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Three operatic Salomes dish on the punishing role, veil dancing and severed heads

Richard Strauss’s “Salome” has been described by opera singers, conductors, critics and fans as one of the world’s most thrilling, fast-paced and visceral works in the repertoire. And yet, the ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: San Diego Opera Presents Strauss's SALOME at the San Diego Civic Theater

2 Photos: First Look at the Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of Bellini’s I PURITANI 3 Review Roundup: I PURITANI at the Metropolitan Opera Richard Strauss’s eerie and perverse Salome is based on ...
The New York Times

Review: Lise Davidsen Achieves Strauss’s Ideal in ‘Salome’

Strauss had seemingly impossible standards for a soprano in “Salome.” But Davidsen, making her role debut in Paris, is exactly what he intended. By Oussama Zahr Reporting from Paris Richard Strauss’s ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Gorgeous music, an intelligent text, a sensuous dance and a killer role for the soprano: They're all part of Richard Strauss' ...