A quarter of a century ago, the directors of the Metropolitan Opera & Real Estate Company announced that Richard Strauss’ ...

Although little more than a footnote, it’s still one of the most titillating stories in the Bible: Salome, a young Jewish princess, dances for her stepfather, King Herod, in exchange for anything she ...

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." This is the theme of many blood-curdling tales from Medea to Salome, which the New Orleans Opera Association recently presented to a full house at the Mahalia ...

She isn't identified by name in the Bible, but Salome has done all right by herself in the fame game. If she were in the news today, you just know that she'd be up there with Planned Parenthood as the ...

The musical advantages for a concert presentation of Richard Strauss’s Salome are immediately obvious. The stage of the Usher Hall admits a much larger orchestra than the pit of an opera house, ...