It seemed as if we might get that at first. Princess-smitten Narraboth (the clarion-toned Stuart Jackson) is in a cordon at a celebrity showing, the moon perhaps the writhing figure in the tank above, ...
In league with Hartmut Haenchen's pacy conducting she makes you think first, what an incredible score, and only then, what a brilliant production. As with ENO's Tosca, you can't ask for more than that ...
The story of Salome, the niece and stepdaughter of the biblical King Herod, and her pursuit of John the Baptist has inspired countless works, from theater productions and paintings to films and ...
Almost everyone in Salome wants something they shouldn’t. A king desires his stepdaughter, a servant desires a princess and a princess desires a prisoner with equal parts fascination and repulsion. We ...
As temptresses and vixens go, Hollywood is celebrated for those that transfix audiences via the silver screen. The city’s stages are no exception especially when it comes to the LA Opera’s newest ...
1 WAITRESS Will Embark on 10th Anniversary North American Tour This Fall Hailed as "one of the greatest Strauss interpreters of all time" (Wall Street Journal), Deborah Voigt is considered the ...
To say that Richard Strauss’s “Salome” is your favorite opera is a bit like saying that “The Shining” is your favorite film or that Edgar Allan Poe is your favorite author: it marks you as something ...
The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden opened its fourth revival of David McVicar’s famous 2008 production of the Richard Strauss opera “Salome” one day after the death of the Queen of England in 2022 ...