Claus Guth’s production of the Strauss opera at the Met emphasizes its heroine’s history of abuse in telling the tale of ...

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.

The first new Metropolitan Opera production of “Salome” in 20 years takes a surreal, psychological approach to Strauss’s 1905 ...

Live in HD — the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live performance transmissions — continues at 1 p.m. Saturday, ...

Even without an over-the-top production—and the Met has had a couple of those—Richard Strauss’s SALOME has been outraging ...

Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on ...

From its insidious opening clarinet solo, Richard Strauss’s “Salome” is a creepy, unsettling piece of theater, its story rooted in unhealthy sexual obsession. For his new production at the ...

NEW YORK — Elza van den Heever’s portrayal of Salome sticks to her when she leaves the Metropolitan Opera for a rented apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. “Every night I wake up with ...