Salome’s ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’ has sent generations reeling. Throughout the ages, Oscar Wilde’s femme fatale caused a lot of stir. For her version of ‘Dance of the Seven Veils’, director Aïda Gabriëls invites musicians Colin H. Van Eeckhout (Amenra), Pieter-Jan Van Assche (Innerwoud) and soprano Astrid Stockman to fiddle with the deeply human figure of Salome. During the pandemic, the team resided in AB for a few days to prepare this performance. Let’s look back on the outright impressive r

Experience the opera that stunned audiences and rewrote the rules of the art form. After 20 years, Strauss’s “Salome” returns to Lyric with an all-star cast in a captivating new-to-Chicago production, January 25–February 14. : lyricopera.org/salome. | Lyric Opera of Chicago | Facebook