Salome

The Teatro Alla Scala mounted and Luc Bondy directed this 2007 production of Richard Strauss's opera +Salome, about the request of Herod's daughter to have the head of John the Baptist delivered to her on a platter. It stars Nadja Michael in the title role, plus Falk Struckmann, Iris Vermillion and Peter Bronder; The Orchestra of the Teatro Alla Scala lends added musical support with Daniel Harding conducting.