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1 day ago · Salome (Lise Davidsen) is entranced by Jochanaan (John Reuter, in cage). Upstairs, a glass atrium houses an orgy fantasy masquerade party. Our vision is obfuscated by the smeared glass. Men, women, and sex-workers slither awkwardly like lascivious snakes in a pit. Temptation is no longer a titillation or a considered moral value.
2 days ago · His first operas, Guntram and Feuersnot, strongly influenced by the music of Wagner, met with little success, but Salome, based on Oscar Wilde's play, brought him fame in 1905 as much for the innovative nature of the music as for the sulphurous subject matter.
2 days ago · Opéra de Paris 2024 Review: Salome. Whether you liked it or not, Lydia Steier’s “Salome” was the event of last season. Bleeding bodies, shooting guns, nudity, and rape; it was an R-rated “Salome.”. Its provocations echoed both Wilde’s spirit and current discussions of gender, capitalism, and harassment. In this revival, the story ...
1 day ago · Some of Wilde’s most notable works include Salomé, a tragic play about the biblical figure, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, a dark novel about a man’s obsession with beauty and vanity. He is also known for his epic poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol, which is set in a prison, and The Canterville Ghost, a short story of comedy, fantasy, and ...
2 days ago · Then on June 7 and 9, Valčuha leads the orchestra and soloists in what has been touted as “the biggest concert production in Houston Symphony history” and one of the most significant aspects of Strauss’s work with the soprano voice: a semi-staged presentation of his 1905 opera Salome, based on Oscar Wilde’s play.
2 days ago · Salomé es un estudio de obsesiones, con lujuria y muerte a cada paso. Basada en la obra de Oscar Wilde, la emblemática ópera de Strauss fue recibida con conmoción, horror, emoción, asombro, respeto, censura, escándalo, condena: justo el tipo de respuestas que llenan teatros y cines hasta el día de hoy.
1 day ago · Adam 2 is the first feature-length animated film by Polish animator and graphic designer Jan Lenica (1928–2001). The film was a German production, made in 1968 after Lenica had spent the past decade making shorter films in Poland, several of which look like rehearsals for this one. Lenica called it “a sort of an intellectual comic strip”.
