Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick In his company debut, the director Claus Guth takes a psychological approach, surrounding the title character with six versions of her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Describing the new Metropolitan Opera production of "Salome" feels a bit like recounting the details of a dream: The lines start ...

Staged in deepest black and dingy white, Guth’s production is unapologetic in its symbolism. It opens on a girl playing with a doll in relative silence. She breaks off its arms moments before that ...

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Even without an over-the-top production—and the Met has had a couple of those—Richard Strauss’s SALOME has been outraging audiences for more than 120 years. This week’s new take by director Claus Guth ...

Performances in N.Y.C. In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history. Manon Fleur Antonio and ...

Observer connected with the breakout star to discuss her commanding voice, bold theatricality and Claus Guth's provocative new 'Salome.' Elza van den Heever at the Kaiserin in Die Frau ohne Schatten.

German director Claus Guth makes his Metropolitan Opera debut with a production of Strauss’s one-act thriller starring soprano Elza van den Heever.