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

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

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There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Salome is a dark and provocative opera centered on the biblical story of King Herod’s stepdaughter and her obsessive desire for John the Baptist (Jochanaan). Captivated by Jochanaan’s purity and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history. Manon Fleur Antonio and ...

Describing the new Metropolitan Opera production of “Salome” feels a bit like recounting the details of a dream: The lines start to blur, the colors begin to drain, the details dissolve in the telling ...

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 ...