Herodias had been the wife of Antipas's brother, Philip - a marriage that aroused the disapproval of John the Baptist. Salome - the daughter in question - performed an enchanting dance on Herod's ...

King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised ...

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John the Baptist (the opera’s Jochanaan) is being held captive in the palace of Herod in ancient Judea, and Herod’s teenage stepdaughter, Salome, becomes obsessed with him. Herod, who’s in ...

Salome, indifferent to Herod's advances, longs for the love of the imprisoned John the Baptist. When he rejects her, she uses her powers of seduction and manipulation--and the Dance of the Seven ...

Catherine Naglestad makes her Met debut in the tour-de-force role of Salome, part innocent ... prophetic nemesis Jochanaan, John the Baptist. Gerhard Siegel is Herod, and Johannes Debus conducts.