Review: In ‘Salome’ by Lyric Opera, devastating excess is the point

Original director David McVicar’s famous production of the Richard Strauss opera gets its bloody, eye-popping U.S. debut in ...
Hyde Park Herald

A blood-drenched ‘Salome’ is too much of the wrong thing

The story of Salome comes to us from the Bible. She is the daughter of Herodias and Herod II. Her mother later marries her ...
WBEZ

What to know about the darkly twisted ‘Salome,’ which is back at the Lyric Opera after two decades

Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...
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 ...