Richard Strauss's Salome, not seen in Cincinnati in more than 25 years, opens Cincinnati Opera's 2026 Summer Festival. The opera follows Salome, the teenage princess of Judea, whose obsessive desire for the imprisoned prophet Jochanaan curdles into a fever dream of power and devastating consequences, set to Strauss's lush score with libretto by Hedwig Lachmann based on the play by Oscar Wilde. The cast is led by soprano Kathryn Lewek in her title role debut, with tenor Chad Shelton as Herod, bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Jochanaan, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as Herodias, and tenor Zach Borichevsky as Narraboth. Robert Spano conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Jose Maria Condemi directs.
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