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.

Claus Guth’s production of the Strauss opera at the Met emphasizes its heroine’s history of abuse in telling the tale of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “Every night I wake up with the ...

Even without an over-the-top production—and the Met has had a couple of those—Richard Strauss’s SALOME has been outraging ...

In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six ...

The final cistern scene, in which a blood-daubed Elza van den Heever as Salome finally kisses the head, is a masterstroke.

Edie Murdoch from Grants, and January Romero of Academy. They were, until Rylee Salome of Belen came along, the only two girls with four individual New Mexico state golf championships. Salome won her ...

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 ...