Salome review – righteous fury and dynamic clarity give Regents Opera its head

Directed with gangsterish overtones by Mark Ravenhill, the tempered musical weight of this lean production of the Strauss classic brings greater focus on the roles’ contrasting dramas ...
BroadwayWorld

Rarely-Performed Strauss Opera DAPHNE To Have LA Premiere From Independent Opera Company

Independent Opera Company will continue its 2024-2025 season with "Daphne," a rarely- performed opera by German composer Richard Strauss. IOC's presentation of "Daphne" will be the Los Angeles ...
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Union Avenue Opera takes on a classic with Strauss’ “Salome”

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 ...
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'Seven Veils' Review: Amanda Seyfried Is a Disturbed Director in Atom Egoyan's Reimagining of a Classic Opera

Oscar Wilde's tragedy, Salome, was first translated into opera in 1905 by Richard Strauss. Combining dramatic vibratos and a seductive orchestral arrangement, Strauss' opera is intense to say the ...
Time

Music: Strauss’s Last Opera

Salzburg’s great music festival is traditionally dedicated to Mozart. For 30 years, thousands of visitors have flocked each summer to the ancient town which sprawls under its towering 11th Century ...
The New York Times

‘Guntram’ Review: In Concert at Carnegie, Strauss’s First Opera

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Leon Botstein’s American Symphony Orchestra dusts off “Guntram,” and singers unveil the beauties and flaws of a 19th-century epic fail. By Corinna da ...