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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The new production in Wrocław looks nothing like what you think opera looks like. Let me explain — and I promise that by the end of this text, you’ll be buying a ticket. 1. Not drawn to the classical ...
“Sunset Boulevard,” a caustic, witty look at the dark side of Hollywood, was released 75 years ago this month — Aug. 10, 1950 — and the milestone is prompting new rounds of media chin-stroking. Fine, ...
They put this tennis court in the back; it’s just awful,” said Cole Escola, channeling Edith Bouvier Beale. Escola was taking a break from their Tony Award–winning performance as an over-the-top Mary ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Memorable performances included a pair of Strauss operas, a suave villain, a star soprano in “Fidelio” and a new conductor in “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Credit...Metropolitan Opera ...
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 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Schlosberg remembers the ...