On the plus side, Strauss’ lush and expressive score was beautifully performed by an expanded orchestra of San Diego Symphony ...

Like many eventual conservatives, the composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949 ... of dissonance and dramatic shock with his operas “Salome” and “Elektra” in the first decade of the 20th.

Now, I realize I have been making my way through dozens of “meh” singers, doing their best but just not moving the needle.

Richard Strauss’s “Salome” has been described by opera singers, conductors, critics and fans as one of the world’s most thrilling, fast-paced and visceral works in the repertoire.

Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan scored a fair-sized sensation with his 1996 Canadian Opera Company production of the Richard Strauss opera “Salome” — the one about the stepdaughter of the ...

This highly acclaimed production of Strauss Salome from the Festspielhaus BadenBaden is staged by German director Nikolaus Lenhoff Starring Angela Denoke as a brilliant Salome who is joined by a ...