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Review: West Bay Opera's 'Salome' a daring success

Original post made on Jun 3, 2017

West Bay Opera is ending its 61st season with guns blazing -- both literally and figuratively -- aiming, with great success, for a production of Richard Strauss' "Salome" that meets high artistic standards while commenting on grave problems and perils in today's world.

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Posted by E.S.
a resident of another community
on Jun 3, 2017 at 4:44 pm

Having heard the Metropolitan Opera version of Salome on radio KDFC-FM a few months ago, I decided I would not go to WBO's performance, even though, as a season subscriber, I had tickets. The Met's performance sounded horrible to me. In the end, I went to opening night and was astonished and gratified at what I saw and heard, as so aptly described in this excellent review. I'm very glad I went and have nothing to add to the review.

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