Richard Strauss liked to pretend that Salome was a woman ... in the full possession of remarkable gifts’. With the advent of the CD, record companies rushed to put Salome under the microscope of ...

To say that Richard Strauss’s “Salome” is your favorite opera is a bit like saying that “The Shining” is your favorite film or that Edgar Allan Poe is your favorite author: it marks you ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on ...

The Music After the harmonic daring and psycho-sexual subject matter of his operas Salome (1905) and Elektra (1909), Richard Strauss took a new path with his nostalgic, tune-soaked comedy of manners ...

Madison Opera opens its 62nd season with Richard Strauss' Salome on Friday, November 4 at 8pm and Sunday, November 6 at 2:30pm in Overture Hall at the Overture Center for the Arts. A scandalous ...