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.

The renowned German director Claus Guth is staging Strauss’s breakthrough opera with a focus on themes of trauma and abuse.

Live at the Met, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live, high definition (HD) opera transmissions to theaters ...

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 the ...

This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows Elza van den Heever, center, in the title role of Strauss's "Salome" in New York on April 21, 2025. (Evan Zimmerman/Met Opera via AP) ...

the mezzo-soprano returns to the Metropolitan Opera of New York to perform as Rosina in “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville,) one of the most iconic works of opera buffa.

“Hopefully we see the Met thriving artistically, and that we will have created a new artistic foundation that will help it continue to grow,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb told the New ...

Since that competitive day in New Orleans, winner Luke Sutliff has won the Laffont Competition — National Semifinals and the ...

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