The production of Richard Strauss’s “Salome” at Opera Theatre St. Louis makes breathtaking drama - taut, sexually fraught and bloody. Really, really bloody. Remember “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis? We are close to “Inishmore” levels of blood.
How do…
Opera Theatre of St. Louis continues its new series of videos with a set to go with its second offering of the 2009 season, Richard Strauss’s Salome.
As with the season opener, Puccini’s La boheme, there are several Salome-related videos on…
For those who like to know more about operas and their sources - and especially for those of us who have trouble keeping all the Herods straight - here’s a little bonus preview for Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ new…
Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s popular “Spotlight on Opera” evenings are back — with some changes.
Chief among those is the location: the “Spotlight” will now shine at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road. The Ethical Society is…
It’s almost opera season in St. Louis, that brief, magical time when the Loretto-Hilton Center at Webster University turns into an international festival center. The season opens Saturday, May 23, but things are already gearing up.
For starters, there’s “From…
