BroadwayWorld

What You Need to Know About Richard Strauss’s SALOME at Lyric Opera of Chicago

1 Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 5 Revealed 2 Watch: Next On Stage's High School & College Top 10 Revealed Salome marks the North American premiere of Sir David McVicar’s provocative ...
The New York Times

Seven Takes on Opera’s Most Lurid Dance

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 ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: San Diego Opera Presents Strauss's SALOME at the San Diego Civic Theater

Richard Strauss’s eerie and perverse Salome is based on Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name as adapted by librettist Hedwig Lachmann. Wilde was inspired by the Biblical tale of Princess Salome and ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Three operatic Salomes dish on the punishing role, veil dancing and severed heads

Richard Strauss’s “Salome” has been described by opera singers, conductors, critics and fans as one of the world’s most thrilling, fast-paced and visceral works in the repertoire. And yet, the ...