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

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 ...

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

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

Through time, various lists of the Wonders of the World have been compiled, cataloguing some of the most famous and historically important landmarks on Earth. From stunning natural wonders to ...