Friday, June 6th, will be the date of my article on the Metropolitan Opera’s last new production of the 2024-25 season, Richard Strauss’s Salome. I’ll be discussing the work itself, as conceived by Strauss on the basis of Oscar Wilde’s play, in relation to its “re-imagining” by director Klaus Guth. And of course I will consider the opera’s unusual performance demands and how they’ve been met in the past as well as in the current offering.

I’ll also announce my future posting plans, which will (as of now) include a single summer operatic event. Since it occurs in early August, it will be the subject of a 2025-26 preseason piece, along with the little I have to say about the Met premiere of John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra. 

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