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

Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of Chicago runs through Feb. 14.

The story of Salome comes to us from the Bible. She is the daughter of Herodias and Herod II. Her mother later marries her ...

The music gives complexity and dimension to this gritty and decadent tale. But the production has shifted the action to fascist Italy of the 1930s, setting up weird geographical and chronological ...

July 30, 1942 – December 27, 2025. Dr. Roger Brian Salome, D.D.S., beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away December 27 ...

In 1518, hundreds of people began dancing uncontrollably in the streets of Strasbourg. Some collapsed from exhaustion. Others died. This video explores the leading theories behind the dancing plague, ...

Early Christian sources differ on how many Magi visited the infant Jesus, and whether they were kings at all. "The Magi Journeying" by James Tissot. Tradition has landed on three wise men for the ...

Situated on the south slope of the Acropolis, the Herod Atticus Odeon was named after Tiberius Claudius Herod Atticus, a wealthy Athenian who sponsored the building of this ancient outdoor auditorium ...

Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987. Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture ...

An institution of British TV, Strictly Come Dancing has been a fixture on our screens for over 20 years now. Whether its the samba, the foxtrot or the cha-cha (sans slide), families across the country ...

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