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

WHEN “Salome” was produced for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera House, almost exactly twenty-seven years ago, the directors of the Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Company promptly outlawed it ...

Director Claus Guth’s production of Salome at the Metropolitan Opera is heavily laden with psychoanalytic symbols. King Herod’s titular stepdaughter, dressed in a Victorian-era children’s dress ...

Staged in deepest black and dingy white, Guth’s production is unapologetic in its symbolism. It opens on a girl playing with a doll in relative silence. She breaks off its arms moments before that ...

Elza van den Heever in the title role and Peter Mattei as Jochanaan in Strauss’s Salome at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera Strauss’s Salome returned to the Metropolitan Opera ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her ...

Even without an over-the-top production—and the Met has had a couple of those—Richard Strauss’s SALOME has been outraging audiences for more than 120 years. This week’s new take by director Claus Guth ...

On April 28, 2025, the Metropolitan Opera opened a new production of Strauss’ “Salome.” At the center of the highly anticipated performance was the debut of internationally-renowned director Claus ...

Tucked away on a brick-lined street in Athens, Ohio sits a hot dog haven that’s developed a cult following stretching far beyond state lines. O’Betty’s Red Hot serves up frankfurters so magnificent ...

Tucked away on a brick-lined street in Athens, Ohio sits a hot dog sanctuary that’s been flying under the radar of mainstream food critics for too long. O’Betty’s Red Hot isn’t just serving lunch – it ...

One of the biggest challenges opera companies face is balancing their audiences’ unquenchable thirst for seeing the same dozen or so classic works with the need to present less-known and newer works ...