Salome is a masterpiece because Strauss wrote the score and the libretto, based on a translation of Irish playwright, Oscar Wilde’s hypersexualised play of the same name.
This Bayerische Staatsoper production takes the piece beyond the boundaries of conventional comedy. I am sure that is what Richard Strauss intended.
Annilese Miskimmon, the no-nonsense artistic director of the English National Opera (ENO), hit the nail on the head when she asked: “When a composer brings
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