Richard Strauss' Salome packs a more dramatic wallop than almost any other opera. Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play, this one-act offers an intense portrait of its Biblical title character's emotional ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Richard Strauss’s explosive masterpiece Salome. This gory operatic thrill ride returns to ...

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

Virginia Opera’s “Salome” may be one way to heat up the cold winter weeks. The company’s production of this steamy Richard Strauss opera plays three performances Friday through Tuesday at the Harrison ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on ...

An epic of literally biblical proportions, Salome is the story of the eponymous seductive princess who dances the dance of the seven veils for her stepfather Herod, king of Judea for the reward of ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- The story is so old, it's in the Bible. A Judean princess falls for a prophet, but when John the Baptist spurns her amorous advances, Salome contrives to have King Herod order his ...

Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde and edited by the composer. The opera is ...