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.

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 ...

I've never bought the line that Richard Strauss's incredible 1905 psychodrama to most of Oscar Wilde's text is just a tone poem with voices overlying. It's music-drama neurasthenically alert to every ...

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 ...

NEW YORK – Dan Schlosberg remembers the day 11 years ago when his upstart opera company put on its first performance — in a yoga studio before an audience of 30 people. “We did Kurt Weill’s ‘The Seven ...

Read full article: ‘I thought the roof was ripping off’: The aftermath of overnight storms in Comal County NEW YORK – Dan Schlosberg remembers the day 11 years ago when his upstart opera company put ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “Every night I wake up with the ...