CINCINNATI OPERA’S 2026 SUMMER FESTIVAL ON 90.9 WGUC
90.9 WGUC, Cincinnati’s classical public radio station, will broadcast Cincinnati Opera’s 2026 Summer Festival on select Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. ET.
Salome
Originally performed June 18 and 20, 2026, at Cincinnati Music Hall
Music by Richard Strauss; libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, based on the play by Oscar Wilde
Robert Spano, conductor; Jose Maria Condemi, stage director
Featuring: Kathryn Lewek, Alfred Walker, Chad Shelton, Michelle DeYoung, Zach Borichevsky; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Description: Salome, the teenage princess of Judea, becomes dangerously fixated on the imprisoned prophet John the Baptist. When he rejects her advances, her desire curdles into obsession. At her stepfather Herod’s birthday feast, Salome dances and, at her maniacal mother’s behest, demands a gruesome reward. Set to Richard Strauss’s lush score, Salome is a fever dream of lust, power, and prophecy, where every glance is loaded, and no desire is without cost.
To listen:
Tune in to 90.9 WGUC or wguc.org.