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 revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salome, on stage January 25 through February 14, 2026. Holloway will step into the role ...

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 ...

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 ...

On April 7, 8, 14 and 16, at the NOVA Center for Performing Arts, Rimrock Opera will present one of the most infamous tales in the Bible’s New Testament, "Salome," in operatic form. Salome, composed ...

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 ...

The new production of Richard Strauss’ Salome unveiled by Santa Fe Opera on Saturday affords as fine an evening of musical drama as the company’s audience can hope for. It conveys the tale with ...

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 ...

The president of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Allison Vulgamore, has run the numbers: in Philadelphia, the audience for classical music and the audience for opera are different. “What we’re learning is ...

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 ...