Salome, Dance with me

Richard Strauss's fierce heroine returns to Houston, allowing you the chance to experience its infamous carnival of debauchery and death, set to one of opera's most powerful scores.With Spanish director Francisco Negrin making his company debut, we're sure that this one will have you on the very edge of your seat from the first bars to the world-famous 'Dance of the Seven Veils'.

What is Salome about?

Based on a German translation of a play by Oscar Wilde, Salome follows the titular Princess as she wreaks havoc in the palace with her demands and petulance. Fascinated by the prisoner Jokhanaan, she stops at nothing to possess his heart, asking King Herod to help her. Sexually charged and lavish, Salome isn't for everyone, but those that dare will not be disappointed by the Houston Grand Opera.