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 Chicago runs through Feb. 14.

A 92-year-old opera singer died on Sunday, several weeks after being struck by a vehicle while walking in Oxford. Paula Courtney Bouthiller, an Oxford resident, was walking home from the post office ...

OXFORD – Before 92-year-old Paula Courtney Bouthiller died from injuries related to a pedestrian crash, she woke up in the hospital and sang one last time. On the afternoon of Dec. 14, the opera ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Juan Cristóbal Flores was a gifted singer whose voice touched everyone he met. Flores, 30, died Thursday, six days after he and another employee were shot at a Goodwill Donation ...

Patrick Worley, owner of MLLV, welcomes opera singer and vocal coach Claudia Merrill back to the show to spotlight her work as a performer, teacher, and how Music Lessons Las Vegas connects students ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salome, on stage January 25 through February 14, 2026. Holloway will step into the role ...

Micah Sykes, 31, is accused of fatally stabbing his father, 71-year-old Jubilant Sykes, at the family's Santa Monica home on Monday, Dec. 8 ABC7/YouTube The man suspected of fatally stabbing his ...

A son accused of killing his father, renowned opera singer Jubilant Sykes, called out for his mother during his first court appearance in Los Angeles this week. Micah Sykes appeared on Thursday before ...