A Salome without the head of John the Baptist is nothing new: several directors have perversely decided they could do without ...

Soprano Asmik Grigorian astounds in the title role, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano ...

Even locked behind a music stand, like a caged panther in a sleek black gown, Grigorian’s Salome bristles with dramatic ...

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New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

Influenced by Caravaggio, a rare work by the Baroque artist Diana de Rosa's fetched nearly half a million dollars at ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

Mr. Sudermann, desiring to utilize the incident of the Baptist's death and Salome's subsequent reception of her prize, stands doubtingly before his subject and hesitates on the ground of taste.

The entitled Salome whirls John the Baptist’s head around in ecstatic triumph, blood running down her cheeks and onto her dress as she finally kisses the lips he’d been unwilling to yield.

Check it out below. “‘Salome’ loosely follows the biblical story of (you guessed it) Salome, who danced for King Herod at his birthday celebration and was told she could ask for anything in return,” ...