Excavations suggested that the cave had little to no links to Jesus and that it could be the final resting place of Princess ...

New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty ...

The first new Metropolitan Opera production of “Salome” in 20 years takes a surreal, psychological approach to Strauss’s 1905 opera.

Director Claus Guth’s production of Salome at the Metropolitan Opera is heavily laden with psychoanalytic symbols. King Herod’s titular stepdaughter, dressed in a Victorian-era children’s ...

Salome is a dark and provocative opera centered on the biblical story of King Herod's stepdaughter and her obsessive desire for John the Baptist.

At her mother’s request, Salome demanded the head of John the Baptist. Salome’s request distressed King Herod because he felt compelled to honor his promise in front of his distinguished guests.

The painting depicts the biblical scene when John the Baptist’s severed head was presented to Salome, King Herod’s daughter-in-law, who requested that he be killed.

The first sound in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of “Salome” isn’t the wriggle of clarinet that begins Strauss’s score. It’s the tinkle of a music box, while a little girl ...

Herod doesn’t try to resist Salome and is completely undone by his desire for her. Sung in a marvelous and utterly vanity-free performance by baritone Patrick Cook, this king is even more effete ...

Salome is a one-act opera based on a New Testament story in the Gospel of Mark in which King Herod’s wife Herodias bears a grudge against John the Baptist for stating that Herod's marriage to ...

Tenor Gerhard Siegel offered a dynamic and devilish Herod, his voice well-suited to the king’s swings between power and impotence — especially as he tries to win his stepdaughter’s ...