The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death...

Rich and intense, Salome is the equal parts shocking and thrilling tale of a petulant and beautiful Princess, stepdaughter of the lecherous King Herod and the dark path that her lustful wiles drag her down. Based on Oscar Wilde's famously passionate play, Richard Strauss' operatic adaptation is a creative masterpiece that continues to linger in your mind, long after you've left the theater.

Premiering in 1905 in Germany, Salome won Strauss great acclaim and has since become a powerfully popular piece. Religion collides with eroticism and perversion, confronting human nature almost uncomfortably and always exquisitely, including the infamous Dance of the Seven Veils.

What is Salome about?

Deep below the banqueting hall of King Herod lies the prophet Jochanaan, imprisoned and heard only in echoes rumbling around the palace. The young Princess Salome finds herself attracted to the voice and ignores Herod's orders in able to seek it. In her thrall is the enchanted Narrboth, who will do anything for her, even if the consequences may result in death...