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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gerald Barry is today's rare opera composer with a drought-dry wit. Is there such a thing as a soaking wet wit, the opposite of ...

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 ...

A scandalous opera based on a scandalous play by Oscar Wilde — Salome — complete with the Dance of the Seven Veils is about to receive a new production courtesy of Houston Grand Opera and according to ...