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 ...

As someone who’s stuffed love notes in moon boots, mailed mix tapes in coffee cans, and run furious and screaming past confused bar-close crowds at Lake and Hennepin, I sincerely appreciate that the ...

A scandalous fellow wrote a scandalous play which became a scandalous opera. Come see it at Union Avenue Opera! It’s Salomé! And it’s a wonder! Kelly Slawson brings a dazzlingly powerful, beautiful ...

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 ...

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 ...

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NEW YORK — Describing the new Metropolitan Opera production of “Salome” feels a bit like recounting the details of a dream: The lines start to blur, the colors begin to drain, the details dissolve in ...