With powerhouse soprano Nina Stemme in the title role, the Cleveland Orchestra’s concert account of Strauss’s “Salome” requires no visual aids. So vivid is her portrayal of the spurned princess, ...

The poster for the new production of Salome (image courtesy the theater company) Unlike the majority of Oscar Wilde’s works, his tragedy Salomé (1891) is not a crowd-pleaser. Given the subject matter ...

In 100 riveting minutes, Virginia Opera is serving up Richard Strauss’ biblically inspired kinkfest “Salome” with all the efficiency its bloodied executioner brings to serving up John the Baptist’s ...

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Someone asked on opening night if Florida Grand Opera’s production of “Salome” was anything like the early productions in 1905-1907, when its psychosexuality caused it to be banned in a few countries ...

Based on the play by the one and only Oscar Wilde, Salome recreates the biblical story of King Herod, his daughter Salome and John the Baptist (called Jochanaan). Princess Salome is obsessed with ...

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By the time we get to Salome’s famous Dance of the Seven Veils, for which Herod has agreed to grant her any wish, any suggestion of metaphor has been dismissed entirely. For this production’s version ...

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 ...