SEATTLE OPERA - SALOME - October 17 with additional dates through October 31, 2026 Opening Night Review!
SALOME Seattle Opera Music by Richard Strauss Libretto by Richard Strauss after a translation by Hedwig Lachmann of Oscar Wilde’s play McCaw Hall Seattle, WA October 17, 2026 7:30pm (Brenda Rae (Salome) in "Salome" at Seattle Opera. Photo: David Jaewon Oh.) The 2026/2027 season of the Seattle Opera opened this past weekend with Salome. The perfect opera for October and all of the spookiness that is associated with it. While there is something to be said for a multi hour, lengthy opera, there is also something to be said for an opera that is self-contained in one shot as it were. No intermission just jumping right into the story and all the drama that ensues. Salome is just such an opera. There is scandal, jealousy, outrage, desire, and ultimately death without giving too much away. Salome packed a punch right from the get go and never really let up. It had a very different tone to it that I enjoyed and the performances to match. Brenda Rae as Salome was the star of the ...
