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

In Richard Strauss’ opera Salome, the title character is a teenage temptress who lusts after John the Baptist, and after being spurned by the prophet, engineers his death by dancing a strip tease for ...

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

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 ...

Performers who undertake the demanding title role of Richard Strauss' "Salome" come in three categories, the great Austrian soprano Leonie Rysanek once said: Those who can sing it, those who can dance ...

In 1907, the Metropolitan Opera, having given the American premiere of Richard Strauss’ “Salome” and finding its story line too disgusting to justify, dropped the work after a single performance.

A scandalous dance and a shocking kiss. Madison Opera opens its 62nd season with Richard Strauss' Salome on Friday, November 4 at 8pm and Sunday, November 6 at 2:30pm in Overture Hall at the Overture ...

If operas were ascribed those degree-of-difficulty scores that you find in diving competitions, then Richard Strauss’ “Salome” would warrant one of the highest. Start by squeezing the largest ...

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 ...

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print ...

In the final monologue, Salome — sung with shocking ferocity by the Lithuanian soprano Asmik Gregorian — delivers her cri de coeur while standing in a shallow pool of milk. With her are two objects: ...