From its insidious opening clarinet solo, Richard Strauss’s “Salome” is a creepy, unsettling piece of theater, its story rooted in unhealthy sexual obsession. For his new production at the ...

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

Originally packed with 17 characters, Heartbeat's reimagining by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova homes in on seven powerhouse singers, each a crucial part of this pressure-cooker piece, spinning ...

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 the soprano Elza van den ...

In both its storyline – culminating in the anti-heroine’s kissing of the mouth of the freshly decapitated Jochanaan – and the blistering intensity of its music, Richard Strauss’s Salome pushes ...

Observer connected with the breakout star to discuss her commanding voice, bold theatricality and Claus Guth's provocative new 'Salome.' Elza van den Heever at the Kaiserin in Die Frau ohne Schatten.

One of the biggest challenges opera companies face is balancing their audiences’ unquenchable thirst for seeing the same dozen or so classic works with the need to present less-known and newer works ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The renowned German director Claus Guth is staging Strauss’s breakthrough opera with a focus on themes of trauma and abuse. The director Claus Guth is making his Metropolitan ...

Richard Strauss’ revolutionary score and scandalous Oscar Wilde–inspired drama took the world by storm at its premiere and continues to wow audiences today. Catherine Naglestad makes her Met debut in ...

Of the six operas that comprise San Francisco Opera's fall 2009 season, Richard Strauss' Salomé is the outlier — a production that, by design, represents something of a departure from the musical and ...

Staged in deepest black and dingy white, Guth’s production is unapologetic in its symbolism. It opens on a girl playing with a doll in relative silence. She breaks off its arms moments before that ...