Lyric stages Richard Strauss's twisted but thrilling Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, for the first time in 20 years.
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 ...
The story of Salome comes to us from the Bible. She is the daughter of Herodias and Herod II. Her mother later marries her ...
Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...
Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...
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The world of Game of Thrones is expanding once again with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a highly anticipated prequel series that promises a fresh yet familiar journey through Westeros. Based on ...