Salome

About this event

Salome, the teenage princess of Judea, becomes dangerously fixated on the imprisoned prophet John the Baptist. When he rejects her advances, her desire curdles into obsession. At her stepfather Herod’s birthday feast, Salome dances and, at her maniacal mother’s behest, demands a gruesome reward. Set to Richard Strauss’ lush score, Salome is a fever dream of lust, power and prophecy, where every glance is loaded, and no desire is without cost. Sung in German with projected English translations. Estimated running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes. No intermission.