Two New York productions of Strauss’s opera reposition its necrophiliac protagonist as a perverse instrument of justice.

Director Claus Guth’s production of Salome ... King Herod’s stepdaughter, who demanded the head of John the Baptist — or Jochanaan as he’s called in the play — as a reward for a dance ...

In the narrative, King Herod has taken his brother’s wife as ... tale from Oscar Wilde’s one-act play Salomé, in which Salome attempts to seduce John the Baptist before performing a dance of the seven ...

Almost everyone in Salome wants something they shouldn’t. A king desires his ... and centerfold, the Dance of the Seven Veils, which leaves Salome nude before Herod and us all.

During a grand banquet later held by King Herod to celebrate his birthday, Herodias's daughter from her previous marriage, Salome, performed a dance that greatly pleased ... Salome is depicted the ...

But they also talked about the role’s extreme vocal demands, the huge orchestra the opera requires and the added demand of performing Salome’s sexually charged, nine-minute dance of the seven ...

The Bible story of Salome dancing and requesting the head of John the Baptist gets full dance (and rehearsal) treatment in "The Chosen" Season 4. Watch Party Newsletter Best TV shows of 2025 📺 ...

which first plumbed the dark psychological potential of the biblical tale — like the lecherous gaze of Salome’s stepfather, King Herod, the erotic power of her “Dance of the Seven Veils ...