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Review: San Diego Opera Presents Strauss's SALOME at the San Diego Civic Theater
What did our critic think of SAN DIEGO OPERA PRESENTS STRAUSS'S SALOME at San Diego Civic Theater? Richard Strauss’s eerie ...
Smithsonian Magazine29d
Why Oscar Wilde’s Play About a Biblical Temptress Was Banned From the British Stage for Decades
"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a ...
Artnet news10d
"Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist"
4.9 x 7.8 cm. (1.9 x 3.1 in.) ...
San Diego Union-Tribune9d
Review: San Diego Opera’s ‘Salome’ shines musically, but its staging disappoints
which turns out to be the head of John the Baptist (“Jochanaan” in the opera). Salome’s dance of the seven veils is often suggestively performed (sometimes with partial nudity) and she also ...
Stereogum27d
The Ophelias – “Salome”
Salome, who danced for King Herod at his birthday celebration and was told she could ask for anything in return. She asked for the head of John the Baptist. While I personally have never ...
‘Seven Veils’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Stages ‘Salome’
The actress stars in a dark drama about a woman remounting the Strauss opera, directed by Atom Egoyan and filmed during a revival of his own production in Toronto.
San Diego Union-Tribune24d
Three operatic Salomes dish on the punishing role, veil dancing and severed heads
(Ken Howard) Q: One of the required props for every “Salome” production is the severed head of John the Baptist. Do any of you ladies have any stories about the artificial heads you’ve ...
Chicago Tribune27d
‘Seven Veils’ review: The operatics are everywhere in this backstage melodrama
Salome’s lust for John the Baptist and the circumstances forcing Salome to settle for a kiss on the lips of her beloved’s beheaded head instead. Psychosexually forward, Egoyan’s staging went ...